Friday, JANUARY 10, 2014, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Keystone Congregational United Church of Christ
5019 Keystone Place N., Seattle
5019 Keystone Place N., Seattle
Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors!)
FILM: "ROADMAP TO APARTHEID"With AMIN ODEH, Founder of Voices of Palestine and Co-founder of the Arab American Community Coalition
(95 min, Eron Davidson, Ana Nogueira, 2012)
In this award-winning documentary, the first-time directors take a detailed look at the apartheid analogy commonly used to describe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Narrated by Alice Walker (author of The Color Purple), ROADMAP TO APARTHEID is as much a historical document of the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa, as it is a film about why many Palestinians feel they are living in an apartheid system today, and why an increasing number of people around the world agree with them.
While not perfect, the apartheid analogy is a useful framework by which to educate people on the complex issues facing Israelis and Palestinians. Our film delves into those issues, comparing the many similar laws and tools used by both Israel and apartheid-era South Africa. The audience will see what life is like for Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and inside Israel while gaining a deeper understanding of the conflict with the help of respected analysts on the subject. Combined with archival material and anecdotes from South Africans, the film forms a complete picture as to why the analogy is being used with increasing frequency and potency.
Narrated by Alice Walker (author of The Color Purple), ROADMAP TO APARTHEID is as much a historical document of the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa, as it is a film about why many Palestinians feel they are living in an apartheid system today, and why an increasing number of people around the world agree with them.
While not perfect, the apartheid analogy is a useful framework by which to educate people on the complex issues facing Israelis and Palestinians. Our film delves into those issues, comparing the many similar laws and tools used by both Israel and apartheid-era South Africa. The audience will see what life is like for Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and inside Israel while gaining a deeper understanding of the conflict with the help of respected analysts on the subject. Combined with archival material and anecdotes from South Africans, the film forms a complete picture as to why the analogy is being used with increasing frequency and potency.
FILM FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
Light snacks.
For more information on Voices of Palestine, go to: http://voicesofpalestine.org/
for more information on the Arab American Community Coalition, go to: http://theaacc.org/
Download the flyer HERE. Help us get the word out. Thanks!
(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).
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