Six powerful, award winning, films revealing the everyday struggle

PALESTINE
FILM
FESTIVAL
2013
THURSDAYS
July 25-August 29
7pm
Admission is Free
All Are Welcome
Six powerful, award winning, films
revealing the everyday struggle
for life in Occupied Palestine.
Presented by:
Advent Lutheran Church
Broadway United Church of Christ
West Park Presbyterian Church
The Riverside Church Israel/Palestine Task Force
July 25 – The Other Son — While preparing to enter the Israeli
military for his compulsory service, young Joseph Silberg learns he
was accidentally switched at birth with the son of an Arab couple
from the West Bank—a shocking revelation that sends both
families reeling. 2012
• Advent Lutheran Church, 2504 Broadway @ 93rd St. •
August 1 – A Bottle in the Gaza Sea – 17-year-old Tal has
emigrated from France to Jerusalem with her family. She writes a
letter expressing her refusal to accept that only hatred can reign
between Israelis and Palestinians. She slips the letter into a bottle,
and her brother throws it into the sea near Gaza, where he is
carrying out his military service. A few weeks later, Tal receives
an e-mail response from a mysterious "Gazaman," a young
Palestinian named Nam. Thus begins a turbulent but tender long
-distance friendship between two young people that are
separated by a history they are trying both to understand and
change. This engrossing and hopeful drama starring Hiam Abbas
is based on the award-winning novel by Valrie Zenatti. 2013
• Broadway United Church of Christ •
2504 Broadway @ 93rd St.
August 8 – 5 Broken Cameras – In this moving
documentary, a Palestinian farmer chronicles his village's
nonviolent resistance to the presence of encroaching Israeli settlers
and military. As camera after camera gets shot or otherwise
destroyed, the farmer continues filming. 2012
• West Park Presbyterian Church •
165 W 86th St. @ Amsterdam
August 15 – Paradise Now – Hany Abu-Assad's disturbing yet
moving tale examines two young Palestinians who are drafted as
suicide bombers for an assignment in Tel Aviv. Both commit to
their mission, but have second thoughts after spending a final
night with friends and family. Instead of portraying the men as
soulless monsters, Abu-Assad attempts to humanize them and
find reasons why they would accept such a drastic, tragic fate.
The film was shot on location in the West Bank. 2005
• The Riverside Church •
490 Riverside Drive (above 120th—enter at 91 Claremont Ave.)
August 22 – The Gatekeepers – Meet six leaders of Israel's
secret service, the Shin Bet, which has dealt with conflict amid the
quest for peace for nearly 50 years. For the first time, these men
discuss the challenging truths and consequences of their
counterterrorism mission. 2012
• West Park Presbyterian Church •
165 W 86th St. @ Amsterdam
August 29 – Roadmap to Apartheid – With a comparison
between apartheid South Africa and the Israel/Palestine conflict,
this documentary traces the future of one conflict from the past
of another. Weaving the history of apartheid into the complex
issues facing Israelis and Palestinians, it highlights the frighteningly
similar laws and tools used by Israel and apartheid-era South
Africa. It's a dark picture of the present but offers hope based on
the peace that South Africa eventually found. 2012
• The Riverside Church •
490 Riverside Drive (above 120th—enter at 91 Claremont Ave.)