Films
9 resources in this category
Interrupted Streams
03/06/2010
Paths of lives are crossed in one village in the West-Bank. Along the broken water pipelines, villagers walk on their courses towards an indefinite future. Israel that controls the water, supplies only a small amount of water, and when the water streams are not certain nothing can evolve. The control over the water pressure not only dominates every aspect of life but also dominates the spirit. Bil-in, without spring water, is one of the first villages of the West-Bank where a modern water infrastructure was set up. Many villagers took it as a sign of progress, others as a source of bitterness. The pipe-water was used to influence the people so they would co-operate with Israel’s intelligence. The rip tore down the village. Returning to the ancient technique of collecting rainwater-using pits could be the villagers’ way to express independence but the relations between people will doubtfully be healed.
Palestine Calling
29/06/2008
www.Palestinecalling.org is a website on which films, videos, series, installations and photographs about Palestine - by Palestinian and non-Palestinian artists - can be downloaded or purchased as DVDs. It is not a database for archival documents or News, nor a film library of Palestinian cinema : it is more like a festival on line or a modern art gallery where all pieces have been strictly selected according to two criteria : artistic achievement and/or outstanding humanity. The vocation of this site/gallery is to make Palestinians visible through numeric art forms.
Checkpoint
29/06/2008
Over two hundred military roadblocks are spread throughout the country. Roadblocks that thousands of Palestinians and Israelis cross every day as they make their way between the different areas: A, B and C- the terminology used to define control over the land. Each division represents a different category of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Authority. These roadblocks are the first meeting point between the two sides of the conflict, a crucial meeting point with rules and laws of its own. This film intends to document the daily events that constitute the microcosm known as the Israeli military roadblock over an extended period of time.
Jenin Jenin
29/06/2008
The film, directed and co-produced by Palestinian actor and director Mohammed Bakri, includes testimony from Jenin residents after the Israeli army’s Defensive Wall operation, during which the city and camp were the scenes of fierce fighting. The operation ended with Jenin flattened and scores of Palestinians dead. Palestinians as well as numerous human rights groups accused Israel of committing war crimes in the April 2002 attack on the refugee camp. Jenin Jenin shows the extent to which the prolonged oppression and terror has affected the state of mind of the Palestinian inhabitants of Jenin.
Occupation 101
29/06/2008
A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict — ‘Occupation 101’ presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions.
The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the role of the United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace. The roots of the conflict are explained through first-hand on-the-ground experiences from leading Middle East scholars, peace activists, journalists, religious leaders and humanitarian workers whose voices have too often been suppressed in American media outlets.
