Students groups have invited documentary filmmaker Andrew Courtney to screen two of his recent films. The filmmaker will be present for a discussion and a question and answer session.

A Palestinian Woman - 2006, 24 minutes - "A documentary short film bringing the viewer close to the conditions isolating Palestinians within their communities. It is filmed next to the separation barrier that Israel continues to build in the occupied Palestinian territories."
http://www.redhillfilms.com/index.cfm?Film_ID=29&FullList=true

African Palestinian: Al Jiddah - 2004, 24 minutes - "In the Moslem quarter of Jerusalem's Old City very near one of the great doors to the Dome of the Rock compound is the African Palestinian community. Viewers journey through the Damascus Gate, passing the Via Dolorosa and an Israeli ID checkpoint to find the African Palestinian quarter. The filmed meeting is with one of the community's leaders, Ali Jiddah. Ali is an expressive analyst of the conditions Palestinians live under and speaks of the psychological, economic and political damage being caused by the continued Israeli occupation."
http://www.redhillfilms.com/index.cfm?Film_ID=19&FullList=true

The event is part of a weekend of campus activities and speakers concerning the Nakba or "catastrophe" of 1948 in historic Palestine.

Cost: Free to the public

Location:
Olin Hall, Rm 102
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504
Maps to campus and within campus:
http://www.bard.edu/campus/maps/

Contact: Andrew Courtney at the below email address, or 914 271-8633

Sponsored by: Palestine Solidarity Coalition, Arabic Studies Dept., Human Rights Project