The Golden Harvest

September 7, 2023

THE GOLDEN SUMMER

(More photos and info at The Golden Harvest website) I traveled more continents this summer than I have in a long time, and it was nice to have spent some of it with The Golden Harvest, which traveled even farther. It was probably the highlight of the film’s career to play to a full house Continue reading

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Documentary, filmmaker, screenings, The Golden Harvest, trees, Writer
October 20, 2014

The Golden Harvest Time

Just a very few remedies,cures and hopes the golden harvest provides Continue reading

Food, Greece, Italy, Olive Oil, Palestine, Spain, The Golden Harvest

beauty tips, Food, harvest, home remedies, Mediterranean, Olive oil, The Golden Harvest

About Alia

Alia Yunis is a writer, journalist and filmmaker. She is currently producing and directing “The Golden Harvest,” a feature length documentary about how olive oil has shaped the Mediterranean culture, cuisine and history for 6,000 years, through war and peace. Her debut novel, The Night Counter (Random House) has been critically acclaimed by the Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and several other publications. It was also chosen as a top summer read by the Chicago Tribune and Boston Phoenix. The Boston Globe has called it “wonderfully imaginative…poignant, hilarious.” Alia was born in Chicago and grew up in the U.S., Greece, and the Middle East. She has worked as a filmmaker and journalist in several cities, especially Los Angeles. Her fiction has appeared in several anthologies, including The Robert Olen Butler Best Short Stories collection, and her non-fiction work includes articles for The Los Angeles Times, Saveur, SportsTravel Magazine, and Aramco World. She currently teaches film at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi.

The Golden Harvest

THE GOLDEN SUMMER

The Golden Harvest Time