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| Bakri dedicated the film to its producer, Iyad Samoudi, who was killed by Israeli soldiers, at al-Yamun in the ] of the ], shortly after filming ended. According to the IDF, Samoudi was an armed member of the ].<ref>[http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:M1M3R2iAlJoJ:www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml Ha'aretz: 'Ricochets from Jenin - Continued' (Google cache)</ref> | Bakri dedicated the film to its producer, Iyad Samoudi, who was killed by Israeli soldiers, at al-Yamun in the ] of the ], shortly after filming ended. According to the IDF, Samoudi was an armed member of the ].<ref>[http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:M1M3R2iAlJoJ:www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml Ha'aretz: 'Ricochets from Jenin - Continued' (Google cache)</ref> | ||
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2002 Israeli film| Jenin, Jenin | |
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| Directed by | Mohammed Bakri |
| Written by | Mohammed Bakri |
| Produced by | Iyad Tahar Samoudi |
| Edited by | Leandro Pantanella |
| Release date | 2002 |
| Running time | 54 min |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Arabic |
Jenin, Jenin is a 2002 controversial documentary produced by Mohammed Bakri, a prominent Arab-Israeli actor, in order to portray what Bakri calls "the Palestinian truth" about the "Battle of Jenin".
Bakri dedicated the film to its producer, Iyad Samoudi, who was killed by Israeli soldiers, at al-Yamun in the Jenin Governorate of the West Bank, shortly after filming ended. According to the IDF, Samoudi was an armed member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Film content
The film has no narrator or guide and consists only of straight up interviews with the inhabitants of Jenin. However, the producer includes an interview with himself.
Controversy
Public critics
Dr. David Zangen, Head of Pediatric Endocrinology at Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem, who was the chief medical officer for the IDF in Jenin during Operation Defensive Shield, issued a public statement titled Seven Lies About Jenin, giving his personal accounts about his visit to a private premiere screening of the film at the Jerusalem Cinematheque.
In his statement, he cited 7 major discrepancies he had hoped to raise in front of the viewers who denied him the possibility to get past the second point. he claimed Bakri has skillfully made a crude, albeit well-done, manipulation that it is difficult not to be drawn into the created distorted picture; and that he was amazed that the audience was not willing to hear his own accounts, a person who had physically been there.
Five IDF reservists also filed a libel lawsuit against Muhammad Bakri and the the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem cinematheques who showed the movie.
Banning and unbanning
After a few screenings, the film was banned by the Israeli Film Ratings Board on the premise that it was libelous and might offend the public; a decision which was overturned by the Supreme Court of Israel.
According to Supreme Court Judge Dalia Dorner: "The fact that the film includes lies is not enough to justify a ban." The judge also quoted Maimonides's Guide for the Perplexed (he: מורה נבוכים), Part 1, Chapter 2, "And with intellect shall distinguish the man, between the truth and the false."
Before the Supreme Court decision was made, Bakri contested the screening of a counter-response documentary "The Road to Jenin", made by Pierre Rehov, and the court rejected his request under the statement that regardless of the claim about the connection between the films, there is no legal basis to deny the screening of the film.
The Supreme Court's ruling was stayed on appeal, but in August 2004 the Court, which described the film as a "propagandistic lie", reaffirmed the overturning of the ban, stating that film board does not have "a monopoly over truth".
Awards and nominations
It was awarded Best Film at the Carthage International Film Festival and International Prize for Mediterranean Documentary Filmmaking & Reporting.
Notes
- [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:M1M3R2iAlJoJ:www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml Ha'aretz: 'Ricochets from Jenin - Continued' (Google cache)
- Jenin, Jenin at Rotten Tomatoes
- [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:M1M3R2iAlJoJ:www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml Ha'aretz: 'Ricochets from Jenin - Continued' (Google cache)
- Rabble: Free speech shut down at Toronto school
- 'MEDICINE IN PEACE AND WAR/JEWISH AND ISRAELI PERSPECTIVE' with Dr. David Zangen (Google html version)
- 'Seven Lies About Jenin: David Zangen views the film "Jenin, Jenin" and is horrified' (Translated from Hebrew: Ma'ariv, 8 November 2002)
- '"I Couldn't Stand the Lies"' by Asaf Haim (Translated from Hebrew: Ma'ariv, 22 April 2002)
- Israel court lifts Jenin film ban, BBC News, 11 November, 2003.
- Israel Supreme Court 316/03
- Israel's court defeats film ban, BBC News, 31 August, 2004.
- Amazon.com: Jenin, Jenin
- Dubai International Film Festival: Since you Left
- The Film Connection: Jenin, Jenin
External links
- Jenin, Jenin at IMDb
- Jenin, Jenin, distrubutor's site
- Jenin, Jenin at Rotten Tomatoes