Arab Film Distribution is proud to announce the release of Mohamed Bakri's acclaimed documentary "Jenin Jenin" on VHS.
Winner: *BEST FILM* Carthage International Film Festival
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.
Recently 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.
For more information on the film's censorship: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39208-2002Dec11.html
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s744848.htm
www.screendaily.com/story.asp?storyid=10543
To purchase a VHS copy, click here: http://www.arabfilm.com/item/242/
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