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Jenin, Jenin
Date: 1/1/2002Call Number: V 114Producers: Mohamed BakriCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
'Where is God,' an elderly man desperately wonders when surveying the debris in the Palestinian refugee camp Jenin.
The film, directed and co-produced by Palestinian actor and director Mohammed Bakri, includes testimony from Jenin residents after the Israeli army's Defensive Wall operation, during which the city and camp were the scenes of fierce fighting. The operation ended with Jenin flattened and scores of Palestinians dead. Palestinians as well as numerous human rights groups accused Israel of committing war crimes in the April 2002 attack on the refugee camp. "Jenin Jenin" shows the extent to which the prolonged oppression and terror has affected the state of mind of the Palestinian inhabitants of Jenin.
Bitterness and grief are the prevailing feelings among the majority of the population. Many have lost loved ones or are still searching for victims and furniture among the debris. A little girl, who does not seem to be much older than twelve, tells her story but knows no fear. The ongoing violence in her day-to-day life only nourishes her feelings of hatred and the urge to take revenge. She tells what she would do to Prime Minister Sharon if he visited the camp and she shouts that the Palestinians will never give up the struggle. They will keep on producing children, who can continue the fight against injustice.
The sad question forces itself on the spectator. What will become of a country, a people when its children are confronted with war and violence from a very early age?
Banned in Israel, "Jenin Jenin" is dedicated to Iyad Samudi, the producer of the film, who returned home to Yamun after the shooting of the film was completed. On June 23, as Israeli forces besieged Yamun, Samudi was shot and killed as he was leaving a military-closed area with three friends.
Palestine Refugee Crisis
Two leading experts discuss serious crisis in plight of Palestinian refugees and the role of the United Nations. Dr Musa Alami was one of the most well known and respected Palestinian nationalist leaders. He describes a "Boystown" project which John H. Davis was also involved with.
Promises of the Storm
Date: 1/1/1983Call Number: Vin 028Producers: Paredon Records, Marcel KhalifeCollection: General materials
Marcel Khalife sings about the struggles of people in Lebanon and Palestine. Influenced by traditional Arabic Music, Khalife draws connections between the two freedom struggles, creating a new music of resistance. Includes liner notes and Paredon Records catalogue.
Chaim Herzog on Zionism
Call Number: CE 442Collection: Colin Edwards Collection
KCBS "in-depth" program with Chaim Herzog a former President of Israel and Alfred Lilienthal, a leading anti-Zionist. Very nice statement at end distinguishing anti-Zionism from anti-Semitism.
Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DPFLP)
Detailed Interviews with two spokesmen for the DPFLP.
Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DPFLP)
Detailed Interviews with two spokesmen for the DPFLP. Also interview with a man who works with refugee aid.
Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DPFLP)
Detailed Interviews with two spokesmen for the DPFLP.
Global Resistance Africa to Palestine from Roots of Resistance
Amilcar Cabral, leader of the liberation movement of Guinea-Bissau and the cape Verde Islands, talks about the basis for his book, Return to the Source; Winnie Mandela, one of the leaders of the African National Congress, speaks on the internalized oppression of Africans in racist South Africa; Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, speaking on the day of his release from prison, where he had been held for over 20 years; Chris Hani, a leader of the anti-apartheid movement, interviewed by Barbara Lubinski and Herber Dreher during a visit to san Francisco; Speech by a spokeswomen for Arab Students, with chants in solidarity with Palestine during a Bay Area demonstration in the late 1970s; Poet June Jordan reciting one of her poems about Palestine at a solidarity event held in 1990.
Leila Khaled On Liberation and Freedom
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Leila Khaled (also Layla Khalid), long-time activist and Central Committee member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), speaks on the right to resist and fight for her people's liberation.
A Vast Prison
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Said likens the pervasive Israeli occupation in Palestine to a "vast prison".