Palestine Blues

Wednesday, January 21
6:00 PM, Lecture Hall 5

Nida Sinnokrot / 2008 / Palestine / 72 min

The demolished house that is the site of the death of American peace activist Rachel Corrie is only the first of the troubling markers in the landscape charted by Palestine Blues as the director travels the route of the infamous security wall. A bereft farmer grieves for his ancient orchard as the bulldozers lay it to waste, but a new movement in nonviolent resistance grows in its place. Focusing on the village of Jayyous and its nonviolent campaign against the wall, the film documents the heroic victories and tragic defeats of this farming community’s fight for survival.

Director Nida Sinnokrot examines the repercussions of the massive Israeli Seperation Wall as well as the 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. By detailing how the vast majority of natural resources - including 65% of fruits and vegetables produced in the region and essen tial water supplies - fall on the Israeli side of the wall, Sinnokrot attempts to highlight the plight of the Palestinian people for the whole world to see.

Panel on International Solidarity to follow