Jen Marlowe (who was a friend of Asel’s) reached out to Asel’s sister, Nardin, to ask if she would be interested in collaborating together on a play in order to amplify Asel’s story and the injustices he and his family faced.
Jen began interviewing Nardin, a process which continued for nearly 15 years and became the heart of There Is A Field, woven between interviews with Nardin and Asel’s other family members, emails that Asel left behind, and transcripts from the Israeli government’s commission of inquiry investigating the October 2000 killings.
There Is A Field has seen multiple iterations over the years, including a global theatrical action, a university tour of the play, a tool of political education via community residencies, a production in Zimbabwe, and a documentary film centering Black-Palestinian solidarity.
