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Bakri on trial over 'Jenin Jenin'

Stop the Carnage | 25.06.2007 13:48 | Palestine

5 years after the Jenin Refugee camp was attacked and many houses demolished, Mohammed Bakri, the Israeli Palestinian actor is looking at doing time over his film Jenin Jenin.

Audio Bakri on Democracy Now. - mp3 17M

Carnage after the 2002 Operation
Carnage after the 2002 Operation


Jenin Jenin, which has not been aired on a single television station anywhere in the world, has resulted in a court case, as 5 unknown Israeli soldiers attempt to sue Bakri for the way that he portrayed the military operation.

In an interview with Amy Goodman from Democracy Now, he discusses why he made the film, and says that he would do it again.

The film which was initially banned by the Israeli censors, was cleared for screening in Israel by the Supreme Court. However, as Bakri tells Goodman, no-one went to see it. 2 films which set out to rubbish Bakri's work were screened on Israeli television.

The interview can be heard online at  http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/22/1458237, and is also available on IMC UK for your convenience.

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  1. Doing time — ex-Brit
  2. Bullshit — Stop the Carnage
  3. note that — jackslucid