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Slingshot Hip Hop

Feature length documentary that premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The film documents the birth of the Palestinian Hip Hop scene and braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in Gaza, the West Bank and 48 (inside Israel) as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. (2008, 86 mins,)

The Occupation of the American Mind

Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world - except the United States. This film takes an eye-opening look at this critical exception, zeroing in on pro-Israel public relations efforts within the U.S. (2016, 45 mins.)

Jenin, Jenin

Acclaimed documentary about the 2002 deadly confrontations between armed Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin (2004, 54 mins.)

(This film was banned in Israel in 2021).

Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains

Filmmaker Jonathan Demme trails former President Jimmy Carter on the promotional tour for his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid." While critics condemn his comparison of the situation in Palestine to the apartheid of South Africa, Carter responds to their barbs with beguiling equanimity and customary thoughtfulness.  (2007, 125 mins,)

Death in Gaza

In the Spring of 2003, filmmaker James Miller and reporter Saira Shah, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning duo, traveled to the Gaza Strip to look inside the lives of children growing up in a war-torn world. Tragically, while making this HBO film, Miller was gunned down by Israeli tanks. (2014, 62 mins.)

To Shoot an Elephant

Filmmakers embedded with the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances during the 21 days of Operation Cast Lead launched by Israel against the besieged Palestinian people of Gaza in 2008. (2010, 113 mins,)

Hamas: Behind the Mask

A journey inside one of the world's most secretive and controversial political organizations. Shot in 2004 and 2005 by Emmy Award-winning director Shelly Saywell, it documents the transition period during which Hamas is entering the political arena. Interviews with leaders in hiding, militants and activists are juxtaposed with Israeli experts and victims. (2005, 50 mins,)

Budrus

Award-winning feature documentary film about Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites Palestinian political factions and invites Israeli supporters to join an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier. (2009, 63 mins.)

AIPAC: The Israel Lobby

Based on the controversial article 'The Israel Lobby and US foreign policy', this film examines how AIPAC, Israel, the US Congress and White House seem to have ended up in a suffocating embrace.  (2011, 50 mins,)

Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land

This pivotal documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites - working in combination with Israeli public relations strategies - exercise a powerful influence over news reporting about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  (2004, 79 mins,)

Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority

A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (2006, 88 mins,)

USA vs Al-Arian

Acclaimed film that documents university professor and pro-Palestinian civil rights activist Sami Al-Arian and his family's desperate attempt to fight terrorism charges leveled by the U.S. Government. (2007, 97 mins)

Gaza Strip

American director James Longley traveled to the Gaza Strip to collect preliminary material for a documentary film on the Palestinian Intifada. It was during his stay that Ariel Sharon was elected as Israeli Prime Minister and violence erupted around him. Filmed in verité style and without narration. (2002, 72 mins.)