E flyer for Palestinian/Israeli films (JUST FILM FESTIVAL)
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The Just Film Festival, Independent Jewish Voices and CanPalNet present Israel & Palestine in film!
Get Your Tickets Today!
Join us at Langara College - Continuing Studies, 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver
Independent Jewish Voices and Canada Palestine Support Network bring you two astonishing films by women journalists that raise an urgent question for Canadians: Why is our government so firmly opposed to universal human rights in Palestine?
Sunday, March 22 at 1:30 pm
Starting Sunday at 1:30 pm, we are thrilled to present the Vancouver Premiere of Where Should the Birds Fly, directed by Fida Qishta. This blockade blocking film is the first made about Gaza by a Palestinian... woman living the realities of Israel's siege and blockage of the tiny enclave. This film documents visually the impact of modern warfare and sanctions on a civilian population while revealing the strength and hope, humanity and humour that flourish among the Palestinians of Gaza.Qishta's film becomes human when she discovers Mona Samouni, a child "wise beyond her years," who explains to a western audience the murder of her entire family. Five years, and two massacres later, we're left with the question, where is Mona Samouni now? Qishta began her film career as a wedding videographer but made a swift transition into journalism, working with human rights observers and filming the Cast Lead invasion of Gaza. She also founded Life-Makers Centre in Gaza: a safe place for children to play, learn and recover from trauma
Sunday, March 22 at 3:30 pmFilmmaker Lia Tarachansky grew up in Israel's largest settlement, Ariel. When the second Intifada broke out in 2000 her family moved to Canada where for the first time, she met
Palestinians and heard their stories. In On the Side of the Road Tarachansky looks at Israelis' collective amnesia of the fateful events of 1948 when the state of Israel was born and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians became refugees. She follows the transformation of Israeli veterans as they uncover repressed memories of the war that changed the region forever. Tarachansky then turns the camera on herself and travels back to her settlement where that historical erasure gave birth to a new generation, blind and isolated from its surroundings. In 2009 the Israeli government proposed a law that forbade mourning this history. Attempting to shed light on the country's biggest taboo, she is met with outrage and violence.The Just Film Festival is a co-production of Amnesty International, CoDevelopment Canada, Langara - Continuing Studies, and Village Vancouver, showcasing social justice and environmental documentaries that go to the heart of issues confronting communities here and around the planet.
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