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Pressure Points: Israel, Berkeley and the Divestment Resolution

Date:
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Time:
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
Tom Pessah
Location Details:
132 Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley (near Bancroft and Piedmont)

Students for Justice in Palestine is overjoyed to invite you to the first event in our November series! Please join us for the screening of a new documentary on our historic 2010 divestment campaign at UC Berkeley. For those who were present, for those who only heard about it--come, and bring your friends!

Using various interviews, film from the Berkeley student senate proceedings, and supporting documentary footage from Palestinian territories and Egypt, PRESSURE POINTS is a documentary that explores the
dynamics of the debate on Israel's human rights abuses and its historic significance within U.S. social justice movements. Testimony of pro-Israel students from groups such as Hillel and top Israeli diplomat Akiva Tor is counterpointed in the film by witnesses including several Palestinian students, a Holocaust survivor, representatives from Jewish Voice for Peace, diverse student activists, and noted academics.

Watch the preview here
http://www.metierhumanrights.org/productions/pressure_points_israel_berkeley_and_the_divestment_resolution

Screening to be followed by a panel on personal transformations and lessons learned from the campaign.

The event will also be a fundraiser for the MAIA project for clean drinking water for Gaza's children:
http://www.mecaforpeace.org/projects/maia-project


PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WANT TO ARRANGE A SCREENING! SPREAD THE WORD!

for more information on the 2010 divestment campaign, including video testimonies, the text of the bill and reports, see http://www.caldivestfromapartheid.com/
Added to the calendar on Thu, Nov 1, 2012 6:44PM
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