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M |   2002 - "Jenin Jenin." "A film directed by Mohammed Bakri, a prominent Arab & and Israeli citizen, in order to portray what Bakri calls 'the Palestinian truth' about the Battle of Jenin, a clash between the Israeli army & Palestinians in April 2002 which drew Palestinian accounts of a 'Jenin Massacre.'"
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M |  2003 - "Arna's Children." An Israeli/Dutch documentary film directed by Juliano Merr-Khamis [1958-2011] & Danniel Danniel about a children's theater group in Jenin in the Palestinian territories established by Arna Mer-Khamis [1929-1995], the director's mother, an Israeli Jewish political & human rights activist.
The film portrays the lives of Arna Mer-Khamis & the children members of the theater, including Ala el-Sabagr, Zakaria Zbeide, Daud Zbeide, Majdi Shadi, Haifa Esteti, Nidal Swetti, Yussef Swetti, Mahmoud Kaneri, Khairia Fakhri & Ashraf Abu-Alheji.
The film won 'Best Documentary Feature' at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival.
Three of the theater children died in various operations or while resisting the Israeli army, namely Ala, Nidal & Ashraf. Yussef committed a suicide attack in Hadera in 2001, murdering four civilians. Two other children, Daud & Zakaria, were imprisoned.
The director of the film, Juliano Merr-Khamis [1958-2011], was assassinated in Jenin on 4 April 2011 by masked militants."
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O | August 9, 2004 - "The Cage." A 28 minute documentary directed by Omasr Nazzal. "Reflects the real life stories of Palestinian civilians who have lost their land, their ability to move freely & their access to resources as a result of the construction of what the director call the Colonial Wall being built by Israel within the Palestinian territories. Nazzal thinks
that the Wall should be referred to as the 'Colonial Wall' as opposed to the widely used 'Apartheid Wall' because 'the word Colonial more properly reflects the reality of the appropriation of Palestinian land to build the wall & the objective of the building of the wall which isn’t merely for separation.'" "Shows the economic, social & agricultural impacts of the Apartheid Wall on Palestinian Society. Focusing largely on the Tulkarem & Qaliqilya districts, the video details the daily hardships Palestinians face, from destruction of homes & land; the theft of Palestinian resources; locked gates baring farmers from their lands, & children from their schools; as well as the daily humiliations carried out by Occupation forces. In Arabic with English subtitles. If you are interested in seeing the full video, please contact the campaign, and we will put you in touch with the director to order copies. http://www.stopthewall.org/video/713.shtml"
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M | 2005 - "Paradise Now." "A film directed by [Dutch-Palestinian film director] Hany Abu-Assad about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel. It won a Golden Globe for best foreign language film & was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category. 'The film is an artistic point of view of that political issue,' Abu-Assad said. 'The politicians want to see it as black & white, good & evil, and art wants to see it as a human thing.'" Fimed in Nablus (& elsewhere?) Click here for a review from the Jewish Virtual Library.
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M | 2006 - "The Color of Olives." "A documentary film that captures moments from the lives of a Palestinian family. Filmed in Masha, a Palestinian village 15 miles from Tel Aviv (Israel). Mexican director Carolina Rivas focuses on a Palestinian family of eight, headed by Hani Amer & his wife Monira. The village has been disrupted by construction of the wall separating Israel from the West Bank. The Amers' home is now separated from their orange & olive groves by electrified fences, a military road & a checkpoint. Rivas shows how Hani & his children wait patiently each morning for soldiers to unlock the gate to allow Hani to go to work & the children to get to their school."
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R | 2006 - Freedom Theatre, Jenin Refugee Camp, Jenin (Palestine). "The only professional venue for theatre & multimedia in the north of the West Bank in Occupied Palestine... Enables the young generation in the area to develop new & important skills which will allow them to build a better future for themselves & for their society." Founded by Israeli actor & filmmaker Juliano Mer-Khamis [1958-2011] - image at far right - who was assassinated in the street very near the theatre on April 4, 2011. Right image is acting school coordinator Rawand Arqawi. | 
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M | 2006 - "The Iron Wall." - "A documentary film about the establishment of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which, the film argues, is a strategy for permanent occupation of the territory. Produced by the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees & Palestinians for Peace & Democracy, it was the 'Official Selection' of the Al-Jazeera Television Production Festival.
Follows the timeline of the settlements & examines their effect on the peace process, featuring interviews with noted peace activists and political analysts, both Israeli and Palestinian, including Jeff Halper, Akiva Eldar & Hind Khoury. The film also covers the controversial construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier. Features English, Arabic & Hebrew, and has English subtitles."
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M | 2007 - "138 Pounds in My Pocket." Twenty-minute film by Sahera Derbas. "Asks how Hind al-Husseini [1916-1994] & her successor filled gaps left by the absence of a state able, or willing, to provide adequate welfare for disadvantaged children. Part biographical, it offers unique insight into the commitment and personal struggle of a remarkable Palestinian woman."
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M |  January 19, 2008 - "In Fair Palestine: A story of Romeo & Juliet." "A film produced by Palestinian high school students at the Quaker-run Ramallah Friends Schools in the West Bank. A documentary drama, it reprises the story of Romeo & Juliet in the modern-day context of life in a Palestinian city, Ramallah. Work on the project was initiated in January 2006 by Doug Hart, an English teacher of American background. The film premiered on 19 January 2008 at the Ramallah Cultural Palace to an audience of 800 people in the 700 seat cinema. The premiere garnered coverage by mainstream media outlets in the Palestinian territories, Jordan & Syria." Click here for the trailer on YouTube.
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M | December 13, 2009 - "Budrus." Also known as "Budrus Has a Hammer." "An Israeli/Palestinian/American documentary film directed by Julia Bacha, produced by Ronit Avni & Julia Bacha, & with a screenplay by Bacha. The film is about non-violent demonstrations conducted by the residents of Budrus (a Palestinian town in the Ramallah & al-Bireh Governorate) during the early 2000s to protest against the building of the Israeli West Bank barrier inside of the village. Budrus debuted on the festival circuit at the Dubai International Film Festival on December 13, 2009. Its theatrical release was on September 24, 2010, in the UK & on October 8, 2010, in the USA (New York).
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M |   September 3, 2010 - "Miral." Feature length "biographical political film directed by [American artist & filmmaker] Julian Schnabel. Screenplay by [Palestinian journalist] Rula Jebreal based on her autobiographical novel. Released on 3 September at the 2010 Venice Film Festival & on 15 September 2010 in France...
On April 4, 2011, days after the film's US release [at the UN General Assembly], Juliano Merr-Khamis [1958-2011], an actor and peace activist who plays Seikh Saabah in the film, was shot to death in his car outside a theatre he had established in the Jenin Refugee Camp (Occupied West Bank)." /// Click here for the history of Deir Yassin.
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M | 2011? "Little Town of Bethlehem." Documentatry film by Ethnographic Media (EGM). Click here for trailer. "Shares the gripping story of three men, born into violence, willing to risk everything to bring an end to violence in their lifetime.
A Christian, a Muslim, and a Jew—shaped by events of their Palestinian & Israeli upbringing—find inspiration in the words & actions of Martin Luther King Jr. & Mahatma Gandhi."
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OTHER FILMS & VIDEOS:
Alhelsi, Reham, My Palestine Videos, My Palestine. "Reham Alhelsi is a Jerusalem-born Palestinian. She has worked extensively in the Palestinian Broadcasting Company and since 2000, when she moved to Germany, has trained at various radio and TV networks including Deutsche Welle, SWR and WDR. She is currently writing her PhD in Regional Planning with a focus on Palestinian Land Management and local government."
Baltzer, Anna, "Life in Occupied Palestine."
(Some clips can be viewed online.) Click here for Baltzer's website.
Bolling, Landrum, "Searching for Peace in the Middle East." Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP). Distributed free on-line. "Bolling is Mercy Corps director at large, former Earlham College president, and noted negotiator."
Braverman, Mark, "Fatal embrace." This is a
Book-TV (c-Span) video of Braverman's reading from "Fatal Embrace" in a North Carolina bookstore. "Fatal Embrace is "one of four Jewish writings recommended highly by Tony Bing." (see BOOKS above).
Chacour, Father Elias (2007): "Elias Chacour on Relationships in the Middle East," 52-minute video, talk to Prasbyterians in the USA.
Evangelists for Middle East Understanding (EMEU) (2003), "A Man of Galilee." A 23-minute film biography of [Archbishop] Elias Chacour and his work. Click here for on-line video (2:28).
Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA), "Steadfast Hope: The Palestinian Quest for Just Peace." A wonderful Presbyterian church publication
with a DVD (See BOOKS above). Available on YouTube as a series of short videos.
McGowan, Daniel A., et al (2006?), "Deir Yassim Remembered," Deir Yassim Remembered, Geneva, NY (33:17). On-line video with Jeff Halper & others. See book of almost the same name.
Omjeish, Sufyan & Abdallah (2006), "Occupation 101: Voices of the Occupied Majority."
An award-winning 2006 documentary film on the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. Narrated by Alison Weir. "The film focuses on the effects of the Israeli
occupation of the West Bank & Gaza Strip. It discusses events
from the rise of Zionism to the Second Intifada & Israel's unilateral
disengagement plan, presenting its perspective through dozens of
interviews, questioning the nature of American-Israeli
relationships."
Shlaim, Avi, (2006): "The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World."
In 1923 Vladimir Jabotinsky [1880-1940], leading intellectual of the Zionist
movement and father of the right wing of that movement, wrote:
"Zionist colonization must either stop, or else proceed
regardless of the native population. Which means that
it can proceed and develop only under the protection
of a power that is independent of the native population -
behind an IRON WALL, which the native population cannot breach."
This DVD uses this quote as a guidepost to describe the
history of the Zionist-Palestinian conflict and the current
situation "on the ground." Click the title for the 57-minute video.
Click here for Amazon.com.
