Pink Floyd Co-Founder Roger Waters Joins Palestine’s Freedom Theatre Documentary as Executive Producer

Roger Waters, one of Pink Floyd’s founders, has joined as executive producer of a documentary about the Freedom Theatre in Palestine’s Jenin refugee camp.

Directed by Rishi Pelham, the film follows Ahmed Tobasi, a former fighter who became an artist and is trying to keep the theatre operating amid the camp’s turmoil. Pelham spent five years filming the project.

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I did not plan to make this film. But after returning to Jenin, to the theatre and to the camp, I felt over time that this story was important to tell.

The director said he had not planned to make the documentary. After visiting Jenin and the theatre, however, he came to believe the story needed to be told. The project focuses on the tension between two spaces that exist side by side: an enclosed, controlled black-box rehearsal room and the turbulent life of the camp outside.

“Gradually, the two spaces began to merge with each other. That is what interested me,” Pelham said.

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Gradually, the two spaces began to merge with each other. That is what interested me.

The documentary is being prepared for film festivals and is scheduled to travel to Venice this month to seek potential distribution partners. Waters has long voiced support for Palestine. In July 2026, he backed Palestine Action after the British government banned the organization and designated it a terrorist organization under the Terrorism Act 2000.

Waters has also criticized Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood over their stance on Gaza. “There is no justification for Israel’s position. This is not a conflict. This is genocide, Thom and Jonny,” he said. In June 2026, he worked with Palestinian-American singer Mona Miari on a new arrangement of Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb,” dedicating the project to Palestinians and their struggle for independence.

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There is no justification for Israel’s position. This is not a conflict. This is genocide, Thom and Jonny.