[Bloquez l'empire!] Palestinian Perspectives: THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29th. Montreal Palestinian Film Festival.

[Tadamon!]

Palestinian Perspectives: Montreal Palestinian Film Festival.
60 Years of Occupation in Palestine...

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29th, 2007
Cinéma du Parc, 3575 Avenue du Parc, Montréal
Entrance: 10$
7$ students / seniors
7$ before 6pm
5$ with cinécarte
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* Schedual / Details:
http://www.cinemaduparc.com/prochainement.php?id=regards#top

Featuring the Canadian premieres of three films directed by Palestinians, 
illustrating different perspectives on the situation in Palestine today. 
PALESTINE BLUES won the Prix Ulysse (29th edition of CineMed Festival Cinéma 
méditerranéen, Montpellier, November 2007) and other prizes (Docusur, Mexico; 
New Orleans Human Rights Festival; Amal Euro-Arab Film Festival). Short films 
will precede the first two featured movies and each screening will be followed 
by a discussion...

* 5pm: AFTER THE LAST SKY:
Alia Arasoughly, Palestine 2006, En.

On the ruins of Kfir Bir'im, a destroyed Palestinian village, now stands an 
Israeli kibbutz. Those who used to live there, and their children, dream of 
going home...

* 7pm: CHACUN SA PALESTINE.
Nadine Naous, Léna Rouxel, Liban/France 2006, Fr.

Palestine and the future, as imagined by the youth in a Palestinian refugee 
camp in Lebanon...

* 9pm: PALESTINE BLUES.
Nida Sinnokrot, Palestine/U.S.A. 2006, En.

Palestine and the struggle against the Israeli apartheid wall, as lived by a 
young Palestinian director, born in exile and raised in the United-States...


This evening is organised to commemorate 60 years of occupation and to 
celebrate the Palestinian voice, as part of the international campaign of 
cultural boycott of the Israeli apartheid...

November 29, 1947, the general assembly of the United Nations votes the 
resolution 181 which "recommends" the partition of Palestine into two states, a 
jewish and an arab state. This 'solution' contradicts the principle of people's 
self-determination, and is colonial in nature as it was refused by the 
indigenous Arab people who will not even have a say in the layout.

Partition implied a fundamental injustice which will inevitably result in the 
1948 war and to the Naqba: the expulsion of approximately 800 000 Palestinians 
and the occupation of their land by the new colonial Israeli state.

For 60 years, the question of refugees has not been solved, as right of return 
for Palestinian refugees has been denied by Israel, the occupation, land 
dispossession and the human rights violations have been going on. Against all 
odds the Palestinian people continue to resist.

* Organized by:

Tadamon! Montreal:
http://tadamon.resist.ca

the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid:
http://www.caiaweb.org

the Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine:
http://cjpp.org


* Support from:

CitizenShift ONF-NFB:
http://citizen.nfb.ca

Alternatives:
http://www.alternatives.ca

FNEEQ Fédération nationale des enseignantes et enseignants du Québec:
http://www.fneeq.qc.ca

CJPME Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East:
http://www.cjpme.ca

FCPQ/CPFQ Fondation canado-palestinienne du Québec:
http://cpfq.org

Cinéma du Parc:
http://www.cinemaduparc.com

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