Described as “genuine”, “systematic”, and “informative”, the film is commended for its effort to witness and disseminate the realities of the Israeli occupation and to give an account of the ethnic cleansing the Palestinians are enduring.

The “embedded-activist” viewpoint of the film is identified as a particular strength which "aims to get people, not only to shake their heads in shame, but to act".

The hidden camera work, described as very difficult to find elsewhere, revealing the “cold and barren reality" inside the checkpoints, is praised together with its historical summary, the authentic rural-life reality, and the blunt political analysis.

The film is also very practical encouraging the viewer “to pick one of the many facets of Palestinian non-violent resistance to support” and closes with a listing of all the organizing efforts in which the viewer can get involved.

Finally the film is particularly recommended for foreign audiences and viewers to “reveal the true meaning of the occupation”

Read the full review at:-
 http://www.thisweekinpalestine.com/details.php?id=2341&ed=148&edid=148

Ed Hill has been part of olive harvest trips to Palestine over the last three years, organised by the UK based ethical cooperative Zaytoun (  http://www.Zaytoun.org/ ). This autumn no fewer than ten activists from his city of Bristol in the UK joined the trip having seen his films.

Much of the filming was done in the small rural town of MARDA in the West Bank which has been in the news recently suffering repeated army raids.
See -  http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2007/11/30/marda-placed-under-curfew-during-yet-another-invasion/ and  http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26570


RETURN TO PALESTINE is the second eye-witness documentary by Ed Hill and continues the story established in the 2005 film OUR SUFFERINGS IN THIS LAND. Profits from the sale of these films supports a fund to ship recycled and donated computers from the UK for educational and community use in Palestine.

The films are available from the following outlets:-
In Palestine from the Educational Bookshop, 22 Salaheddin Street, Jerusalem (PAL format)
In UK via  http://www.BristolComputers4Palestine.co.uk (PAL format)
In North America via  http://www.palestineonlinestore.com/ (NTSC format)

CONTACTS
FFI Ed Hill in Bristol UK email  EdwardHill1@yahoo.co.uk