PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL EMORY AND OGLETHORPE University Organizations: Emory Advocates for Justice in Palestine Oglethorpe Students for Justice in Palestine Atlanta Community Partners: Jewish Voice for Peace Atlanta Chapter Interfaith Peace-builders - Atlanta Chapter Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition Joining Hands for Justice in Israel and Palestine April 3 - Israels Roadmap to Apartheid - followed by Q&A. 7 pm @ EMORY - White Hall, Room 207. April 4 - Welcome to Hebron - followed by Q&A. 7 pm @ OGLETHORPE - Lupton Auditorium. April 5 - Voices Across the Divide -followed by Panel Discussion. 7 pm @ EMORY - White Hall, Room 207. Panelists: - Dr. Omar Lattouf Professor of Surgery/Cardiothoracic, Emory University - Rev. Dr. Fahed AbuAkel Retired Presbyterian Minister - Rev. Fr. George Makhlouf St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church - Aysha Abdullatif Director, Business Development at Vitamin T April 17 - Tears of Gaza - followed by Q&A. - Outdoor Screening 7:30 pm @ OGLETHORPE - Follow signs at Lupton Auditorium. April 18 - Where Should the Birds Fly? - followed by Q&A. 7 pm @ EMORY - White Hall, Room 207. April 19 - Israels Roadmap to Apartheid - followed by Q&A. 7 pm @ OGLETHORPE - Lupton Auditorium. Address: Emory University: 201 Dowman Dr, Atlanta. Oglethorpe University: 4484 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta About the Films: VOICES ACROSS THE DIVIDE (2013. 57 min. Director: Alice Rothchild), winner of the Audience Choice award at the 2013 Boston Palestine Film Festival, explores the Israeli/Palestinian conflict through rarely heard personal stories. Narrated by Alice Rothchild, an American Jew raised on the tragedies of the Holocaust and the dream of a Jewish homeland in Israel, the film follows her personal journey as she begins to understand the Palestinian narrative, while exploring the Palestinian experience of loss, occupation, statelessness, and immigration to the US. The documentary is both a personal journey to understand the Palestinian narrative as well as the implications and contradictions of deeply held cultural beliefs in the Jewish community. Web: VoicesAcrossTheDivide.com WHERE SHOULD THE BIRDS FLY (2013. 58 min. Director: Fida Qishta) is the first film about Gaza made by Palestinians living the reality of Israels siege and blockade of this tiny enclave. It is the story of two young women, survivors of Israels Operation Cast Lead. Mona Samouni, now 12 years old and the filmmaker, Fida Qishta, now 27, represent the spirit and future of Palestinians. It reveals the strength and hope, the humanity and humor that flourishes among the people of Gaza. Few films document so powerfully and personally the impact of modern warfare and sanctions on a civilian population. This is the first feature-length documentary film made by a woman in Gaza. Web: WhereShouldTheBirdsFly.org ROADMAP TO APARTHEID (2012. 95 min. Directors: Ana Nogueira and Eron Davidson) is co-directed by a South African and an Israeli who draw upon their first-hand knowledge to break down the rhetorical analogy between South African apartheid and Israels domination of Palestine into a fact-based comparison. There are many lessons to draw from the South African experience and this film is as much a historical document of the rise and fall of apartheid, as it is a film about why many Palestinians feel they are living in an apartheid system today, and why a rapidly-increasing number of people around the world agree with them. Web: RoadMapToApartheid.org TEARS OF GAZA (2010. 90 min. Director: Vibeke Lkkeberg), winner of numerous awards, is a disturbing, powerful and emotionally devastating documentary on the 2008 to 2009 bombing of Gaza by the Israeli military. Photographed by several Palestinian cameramen both during and after the offensive, this film focuses on the impact of the attacks on the civilian population. The film makes no overriding speeches or analyses and demands that we examine the costs of war on a civilian populace. Web: TearsOfGazaMovie.com WELCOME TO HEBRON (2007. 55 min. Director: Terje Carlsson) is an intimate portrait of a teenager in Hebron and the chaos that surrounds her. Seventeen-year-old Leila Sarsour is a strong, intelligent and outspoken young woman who studies at the Al-Qurtuba [Cordoba] School, a Palestinian high school for girls in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil in Arabic). The school is surrounded by Israeli military installations and settlements populated by right-wing Jewish religious fundamentalists. The film depicts everyday life for Palestinians attempting to lead normal lives in this volatile city surrounded by checkpoints and barbed wired. Web: WelcomeToHebronMovie.com