film screening - Gaza Strip

Dedicated to the memory of Rachel Corrie

GAZA
STRIP

"Gaza Strip is an unflinchingly honest portrayal of a population under
siege. As a perspective that is largely excluded from American
attention, it deserves the widest possible audience." - Washington
Report on Middle East Affairs-Jan/Feb 2002

American documentary filmmaker James Longley traveled to the Gaza Strip
in January of 2001, planning to stay for two weeks and collect
preliminary material for a film about the Palestinian intifada. He
threw away his return ticket and stayed for another 3 months, shooting
over 75 hours of material throughout the Gaza Strip. Gaza Strip follows
a range of people and events following the election of Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon, including the first major armed incursion
into "Area A" by IDF forces during this intifada. The film is filmed
almost entirely in a verite style, presented without narration and with
little explanation, focusing on ordinary Palestinians rather than
politicians and pundits. More observation than political argument, Gaza
Strip offers a rare look inside the stark realities of Palestinian life
and death under Israeli military occupation. Director: James
Longley.35mm. 2002. 74 minutes. Arabic with English subtitles. For more
info, go to arabfilm.com. Showtimes: Nightly at 6:15, 8:00 & 9:45.
Addtional Wed, Sat & Sun matinees at 2:30 & 4:30).

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exclusion of Palestine" - EI.NET