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Still under impression from Budrus....

On Saturday I went to Curzon for premiere of Budrus in the UK– an award-winning feature documentary about peaceful resistance as a means of Israeli-Palestinian conflict resolution.

To say it was good means to say nothing. It is excellent film, which makes you see behind all these sensational news headlines, shows the conflict on a local level and how it affects people’s lives. Even though I am from Uzbekistan, living in the UK and the problems in the Middle East are far away from me, the film made me feel sensitive about the issue, made me empathize…

The plot of the film is unarmed movement organised by Palestinian, Ayed Morrar, who united local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli supporters to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier.

At the end of the premiere filmmaker Julia Bacha told the audience about the process of filming, main characters and their lives today, about Budrus and issues the other Arab villages facing today, about non-violent resistance as a real tool for peace achievement.

The documentary raises actual issue and in spite of long term conflict, constant violence, human right abuse it brings a real hope… a hope for peace.


Comments

Unknown said…
What do you mean "Middle East are far away from me"?You have visited Israel many times, you worked here for a month in PR company that was dealing with Israel-Palestine crisis, i personally drove you to west bank territories.
Start telling the truth to you readers!:)
Anna Kei said…
well :), what i meant is that Israeli-Palestinian issue doesn't concern me directly, doesn't effect my life personally and doesn't effect lives of millios people living in the UK, but the film makes you think about the problem as if it would be your own one.
Unknown said…
So you should say:"Despite the fact that i've being to Israel and witnessed life conditions of Palestinian people first hand, i had no idea about true nature of conflict until i saw this movie". It would emphasize main point of your article. Don't you think so?
Anna Kei said…
here we go - amendments:
First of all I went to see this film because I am interested in the Middle East, its culture, economy, politics, its problems.
I visited Israel couple of times and worked there as a volunteer for a month. My interest comes from my personal story. I used to have boyfriend from Israel and this made me want to know as much as possible about the region.
However, the documentary opens much clear picture what's happening there, things which are passed unnoticed by tourisits and those watching daily news about Israel-Palestine on TV.
Unknown said…
You see, its not so hard to tell the truth!
Very nice photo!

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