AS THE CAMERA stalks Hebron in search of a story about the Occupation, it encounters oppression of another kind. New levels are discovered, things not foreseen. The film is Asurot (officially and badly translated as “Detained”; the single Hebrew word, with rich…
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Video 48: A Film on Illegal Palestinian Workers
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” (Constitution of the World Health Organization, 1948) THIS is the central claim of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the motive…
Breaking Walls at Israeli Cinematheques
VIDEO 48’s third film, Breaking Walls, recently appeared at Cinametheques in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem. Professor Avi Oz of the Theatre Department, University of Haifa, contributed to a discussion of the film in Haifa on April 21, 2005. Here is…
Breaking Walls
BREAKING WALLS, a documentary written and directed by Jonathan Ben Efrat, opens with a scene of deceptive tranquility. In the early morning hush, Mus’ab Salameh prepares himself for the day’s work, kisses his sleeping child and steps into the pre-dawn…