Films
15 videos
« Stones alone will not stop the occupation »
In this short documentary filmmakers Santiago Bertolino and Steve Patry make the portrait of a resistant family in the village of Bil’in.
Arabic & English with French subtitles
Interrupted Streams, a film by Alexandre Goetschmann and Guy Davidi
Interrupted Streams
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.
The Old Guard: Activist Against the Wall
A Galway activist travels to the village of Bil’in to protest against the Apartheid wall being built on occupied Palestinian land. This short documentary explains his relationship with the village of Bi’lin where the wall cuts off large areas of land from the villagers.
Bassem Abu Rahma - A Friend To Us All
On April 17th we mark one year to loosing Bassem, who we also knew as Pheel.
Although he is greatly missed at the village and during every demonstration, his spirit keeps on living with each and every one of us.
For this anniversary we decided to share the short film made in his memory. The film was ready within days, just in time to be screened at the International Conference on Popular Resistance which was held in Bil’in, 22nd-24th of April 2009. Thanks goes to Shai Carmeli-Pollak for the sensitive and wonderful work he has put into it.
In loving memory of Bassem Ibrahim Abu Rahma (Pheel)
19.12.1977 - 17.4.2009
Film available with arabic, hebrew, english or french subtitles.
