Seattle, Film Festival
Monday, December 12/067pm, 911 Media Arts Center
Director: Danae Elon
Documentary. 2004. Israel. 77min. English
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Danae Elon grew up in Jerusalem. She had three parents: her mother, her father, and Musa Obeidallah, a Palestinian man who worked for her family. For more than 20 years, Obeidallah devoted himself to Danae, but when her family moved to the States, he stayed behind in the divided region. Over a decade later, Danae undertakes a quest to find the man who once meant so much to her. Danae's quest brings out the delicate boundaries of politics, class and family relationships. A painful, contradictory, gentle and loving story takes place against the backdrop of a distant and brutal conflict.
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Danae Elon
Qi Film 114 East 7 st # 16NY, NY 10009
danae@qifilm.com
Director: Cindy Burstein, Tony Heriza & Wendy Univer
Documentary. 2004. USA. 35 min. English
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A revealing look at how Jews reconcile the relationship between their religion and the land of Israel, this documentary exposes the debate amongst American Jews who have different relationships to, and different opinions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Occupying both sides of the often contentious debate, some American Jews claim unconditional support for Israel, while others have more conflicted views of Israeli politics. PASSIONATE VOICES is an even-handed, thought-provoking account of the issue.
Wendy Univer
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passionatevoices2003@yahoo.com
9pm, 911 Media Arts Center
Directors: Juliano Mer Khamis & Danniel Danniel
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Arna Mer led a small theatre group of Palestinian children in the West Bank. Her son Juliano, who directed the group, filmed the rehearsals and performances of the plays. Through playing, the children try to cope with their memories of the refugee camps and their daily realities. When the Israeli army occupies the city, the theatre rehearsals come to an end. But Arna doesn't take it lying down. She establishes an alternative educational system to replace the formal one that was practically paralysed by the Israeli occupation. After the death of his mother and years after the theatre has closed, Juliano looks up "ARNA'S children." Back in Jenin, he discovers little by little the tragic story of the theatre children who were so dear to him.
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Micki Krimmel
Director: Avi Mograbi
Documentary. 2004. Israel. 8 min. English, Hebrew and Arabic, subtitled
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An intimidating tank drives back and forth. A Palestinian family stands outside, hoping for an ambulance to arrive to take them to the hospital. They keep waiting. Avi Mograbi's DETAIL is in fact a detail of his next film, soon to be released. This powerful short exposes the filmmaker's concern with the realities of life in the Occupied Territories. "We tell ourselves many stories as to what reality is like," says Mograbi, "but the truth is that we lost the ability to look at our own doings."
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Avi Mograbi
mograbi@netvision.net