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It is no Dream
Documentary, 53 minutes
Year of production: 2002
Directors: Benny Brunner & Joseph Rochlitz
Produced by Benny Brunner & Joseph Rochlitz
Versions: English
"If
you will it, it is no dream," wrote the founder of political Zionism
Theodor Herzl in 1902, prophesizing the creation of a utopian Jewish state.
One
hundred years later, some of the harshest critics of Israel's occupation
policies are Israelis themselves – a small minority of intellectuals,
political activists and artists whose voices are rarely heard outside Israel.
Shortly
after the outbreak of the second Intifada in 2001, filmmakers Benny Brunner and
Joseph Rochlitz travelled through the country and spoke to a number of them:
Meir Shalev
– one of Israel's best-known writers.
Gideon Levy
– columnist for Haaretz newspaper.
Jessica Montell
– Director of B'Tselem (Israeli
Human Rights Center).
Yehudit Katzir
– writer.
Yizhar Be'er
– Director of the Israeli Center for the Protection of Democracy.
Adi Ophir
– Professor of Philosophy at Tel Aviv University.
Noa Levy
– leader of the High School students "refusal-to-serve" movement."
Yitzhak La'or
– writer and poet.
The
filmmakers also attended a major peace rally in Tel Aviv, and recorded the fiery
words of Yishai Rosen-Tzvi, one of the first to sign the Letter of Refusal to
serve in the Occupied Territories:
Fighting against terrorism? What a joke! Government and army policies create a
hothouse for terrorism (...) It is forbidden to treat men, women and
children like dirt. The more people understand it, the sooner there will be an
end to this cursed occupation.
The
film is enhanced by the powerful work of artist David
Reeb, who frequently uses images of the occupation in his drawings and
paintings.
For licensing and more information please contact:
Björn Jensen
email: jensen(at)gingerfoot.de
© 2002 B. Brunner & J. Rochlitz
