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Documentary Film: Jeremy Hardy vs. Israeli Army on tour in Scotland

ab | 27.07.2003 14:39 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Palestine | Repression

'Comedians often get stuck looking for new material, but only Jeremy would get himself shot at ... well done.' Mark Steel

Jeremy Hardy v. The Israeli Army is a feature documentary about the International Solidarity Movement in Palestine as experienced through the eyes of British comedian Jeremy Hardy.

Leila Sansour, the filmmaker with a degree in philosophy, grew up in Bethlehem in the Occupied West Bank and will present the film in Glasgow on Sunday and Monday, the 28th at the Glasgow Film Theatre and in Edinburgh from Monday to Thursday in the Edinburgh Filmhouse.
Each screening will be followed by a question and answer session with the filmmaker.

A feature documentary about the International Solidarity Movement
A feature documentary about the International Solidarity Movement


This dark comedic documentary narrated by Hardy is a story of an unlikely person put in extraordinary circumstances. Hardy teamed up with producer/director Leila Sansour and other members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in an effort to try his hand at ending occupation of the West Bank. Hardy could only describe the next four days of filming as 'four days in hell'.

The footage captured covers everything from the standoff at Yasser Arafat's compound to the siege at the Church of the Nativity. It gives an inside look into the operations and birth of the ISM and the stories that were never reported in last year's news bulletins.

Leila Sansour, the director of the film will be in Glasgow and Edinburgh for a Q&A after the films.
Leila can be contacted at this address:

leilasansour@waitrose.com

More information about the film here.
Reviews [1,2, 3].

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