Sumud (Arabic: صمود) meaning steadfastness or steadfast perseverance. From the dismantling of the health care system, hospitals being destroyed, and critical supplies unavailable, to health care workers who are trying to stay alive and function. Every aspect of life in Gaza is destroyed or is being destroyed right now. At this crucial moment in history, a local production company J Haaken Productions, presents the short film SUMUD: A Doctor’s Report on Genocide and Survival in Gaza (2025). The film is a sequel to THE PALESTINE EXCEPTION (2025), a documentary that follows pro-Palestinian campus protests from fall 2023 to fall 2024. As increasing numbers of journalists in Gaza are killed by Israeli forces, Gazan health care workers and international medical volunteers serve as vital reporters bearing witness to the ongoing genocide. The film follows a Portland-based anesthesiologist, Travis Meleen, volunteering in Gaza, with commentary from Egyptian-Canadian journalist and Oregonian writer, Omar El Akkad, reporting on the genocide. He is the author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. A screening of this 26 minute film will be followed by a panel discussion.