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2006 American film
Occupation 101 |
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Directed by | Sufyan Omeish Abdallah Omeish |
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Written by | Sufyan Omeish Abdallah Omeish |
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Produced by | Sufyan Omeish Abdallah Omeish |
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Narrated by | Alison Weir |
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Cinematography | Sufyan Omeish Abdallah Omeish |
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Edited by | Sufyan Omeish Abdallah Omeish |
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Music by | Zan Nakari Eric Olsen |
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Release dates |
- March 25, 2006 (2006-03-25) (East Lansing Film Festival)
- May 15, 2007 (2007-05-15) (United States)
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Running time | 90 minutes |
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Country | United States |
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Language | English |
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Occupation 101: Voice of the Silenced Majority is a 2006 documentary film on the
Israeli–Palestinian conflict directed by
Sufyan Omeish and
Abdallah Omeish, and narrated by
Alison Weir, founder of
If Americans Knew. The film focuses on the effects of the
Israeli occupation of the
West Bank and
Gaza Strip, and discusses events from the rise of
Zionism to the
Second Intifada and
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, presenting its perspective through dozens of interviews, questioning the nature of
Israeli–American relations—in particular, the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, and the ethics of US monetary involvement.
[1] Occupation 101 includes interviews with mostly American and Israeli scholars, religious leaders, humanitarian workers, and
NGO representatives—more than half of whom are
Jewish—who are critical of the
injustices and human rights abuses stemming from Israeli policy in the West Bank,
East Jerusalem, and Gaza.
Cast
The entire list of featured interviews:
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- Dr.
Albert Aghazarian, Director of Public Relations at
Birzeit University, Palestinian Armenian
- Ambassador
James E. Akins, Former U.S. Ambassador to
Saudi Arabia
- Rabbi
Arik Ascherman,
Rabbis for Human Rights (Israeli group)
- Dr. William Baker (theologian),
Christians and Muslims for Peace
- Bishop Allen Bartlett, Jr., Diocese of Washington
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Phyllis Bennis,
Institute for Policy Studies, and co-chair of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
- Peter Boukaert, Director of Emergencies at
Human Rights Watch
- Sharon Burke, Former Advocacy Director of
Amnesty International
- Professor
Noam Chomsky, linguist,
MIT Professor.
- Father
Drew Christiansen,
United States Catholic Conference
- Cindy and Craig Corrie, parents of the late solidarity activist
Rachel Corrie
- Douglas Dicks,
Catholic Relief Services in Jerusalem, outreach program director
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Richard Falk, 2001 United Nations Fact-finding Commission in the West Bank and Gaza
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Paul Findley. U.S.
Congressman, 1961–1983
- Thomas Getman,
World Vision International
- Neta Golan, Israeli co-founder of
International Solidarity Movement
-
Jeff Halper,
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
-
Amira Hass, Israeli journalist,
Haaretz
- Doug Hostetter,
Fellowship of Reconciliation
- Kathy Kamphoefner,
Christian Peacemaker Team
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Adam Keller,
Gush Shalom, Israeli Peace Group
- Hava Keller, Woman's Organization for Political Prisoners (Israeli group)
- Professor
Rashid Khalidi,
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
-
Peretz Kidron, Israeli journalist,
Yesh Gvul (Israeli peace group)
- Rabbi
Michael Lerner, Founder & editor-in-chief of
Tikkun magazine
- Rabbi Rebecca Lillian,
Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace
- Roger Normand, Center for Economic and Social Rights
- Allegra Pacheco, Israeli human rights lawyer
- Professor
Ilan Pappe, Israeli historian –
University of Haifa (now
University of Exeter)
- Dr.
Eyad al-Sarraj, prominent
Palestinian psychiatrist
- Yael Stein,
B'Tselem, Israeli human rights group
- Gila Svirsky,
Coalition of Women for Peace, Israeli
- Ambassador
Edward Walker, Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel
- Alison Weir, Founder of
If Americans Knew
Awards
The film has won several awards from various
film festivals.
[3]
[4]
[5]
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- Winner of the "Golden Palm" Award (highest honor given by jury) and for "Best Editing" at the 2007 International
Beverly Hills Film Festival.
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- Winner of the 'Artivist Award' for Best Feature Film under the category of Human Rights at the 2006
Artivist Film Festival & Awards in Hollywood.
- Winner of the Best Documentary Award (Special Recognition) at the 2007 New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival.
- Winner of the Best Feature Film Award at the 2006 River's Edge Film Festival.
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- Winner of the Best Documentary Feature Award at 2006 The Dead Center Film Festival.
- Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at 2006
East Lansing Film Festival.
- Winner of the John Michaels Memorial Award at the 2006 Big Muddy Film Festival.
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