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Wednesday, January 21st, 6:00pm, Lecture Hall 5
Director Nida Sinnokrot examines the repercussions of the massive Israeli Separation Wall as well as settlement expansion in the affected Palestinian farming communities throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip in this eye-opening documentary focusing on the grass roots resistance movement. |
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Wednesday, January 21st,
7:30 pm, Lecture Hall 5
Palestine solidarity activists and organizers discuss the current situation in Palestine, mainstream media misinformation, refugees and the Palestinian diaspora and organizing a boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign. |
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Wednesday, January 21st,
8:30 pm, Lecture Hall 5
Enraged follows a group of Jewish-Israeli activists who refuse to sit back while the occupation continues. They bring food into Palestinian villages under curfew, tear down parts of the separation barrier, and serve as human shields for Palestinian demonstrators. |
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Thursday, January 22nd,
6:00 pm, Lecture Hall 5
Gay Muslim filmmaker Parvez Sharma travels the many worlds of islam discovering the stories of its most unlikely storytellers: lesbian and gay Muslims. Filmmaker Parvez Sharma to speak following film. |
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Friday, January 23rd,
6:30 pm,
Lecture Hall 5
Rich in the textural sounds, images and characters of modern-day Iraq, Santa Claus in Baghdad is a family-friendly film telling a story that crosses ethnic and religious lines with a resounding message of hope and understanding. Teach-in on Iraq to follow. |
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Friday, January 23rd,
8:00 pm, Housing Community Center
Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a feature film documentary that follows Iraq's only heavy metal band, Acrassicauda, from shortly after the invasion of Iraq to the present day. |
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Tuesday, January 27th,
6:00 pm, Lecture Hall 5
This award-winning documentary features the frank, shocking and moving testimonials of six female Israeli soldiers stationed in Gaza and the West Bank. |
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Tuesday, January 27,
8:00 pm, Lecture Hall 5
A Call to Action is an in-progress documentary chronicling the sustained direct action to demilitarize the Port of Olympia during two weeks in November 2007. Panel after film featuring members of the Oly 26 and filmmakers. |
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Wednesday, January 28th,
6:00 pm, Lecture Hall 1
Meeting Resistance raises the veil of anonymity surrounding the Iraqi insurgency by meeting face to face with individuals who are passionately engaged in the struggle and documenting for the very first time the sentiments experienced and actions taken by a nation's citizens when their homeland is occupied. |
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Wednesday, January 28th,
8:30 pm, Lecture Hall 1
Part Egyptian soap opera, part homoerotic smut. All My Life is classic Egyptian filmmaking that challenges a country receiving unconditional US military aid while maintaining an abhorrent track record on human rights for sexual minorities.
Warning: Explicit Sex Scenes and Sexual Violence. |
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Thursday, January 29th,
6:00 pm, Lecture Hall 5
This is the story of what happens when ordinary people get caught up in the extraordinary circumstances of war. Told by two generations of director Tariq Nasir’s family members, Belonging recounts the deep-rooted attachment to one’s land, the loss of an ancestral home, and the experience of becoming refugees. |
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Thursday, January 29th,
7:00 pm, Lecture Hall 5
Since 1948 many Palestinians have lived in exile from their homeland. For Palestinians living in the Diaspora, the Occupied Territories and Israel, racism and colonialism continue to play a major role in their lives and identity. For refugees, the Right of Return means being acknowledged as an indigenous peoples with a right to their own land. |
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Thursday, January 29th,
8:00 pm, Lecture Hall 5
33 Days chronicles the efforts of director Sharif Abdunnur, graphic designer Sharif Bibi, journalist Fadia Baszzi and director of the news desk at New TV, Mariam Al-Bassam, as they try to provide emergency aid, report current news of the conflict and help Lebanese children process the violence and destruction they see around them on a daily basis. |
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Friday, January 30th,
7:00 pm, Lecture Hall1
Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in the West Bank, Gaza and inside Israel as they discover hip hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. |