2 minute read

Iranium

Director: Alex Traiman
Producer: Raphael Shore

It is literally the film that Iran does not want you to see. Canceled twice from being screened in Canada’s National Library and Archives due to Iranian pressure, government officials eventually stepped in and it was shown to a sold out crowd. The film uses graphics, experts in the field,...

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The Other Son (Le fils de l’autre)

Director: Lorraine Lévy

A simple and creative fictional story that is muddled by both a script that fails to do much of anything and inaccuracies about the current situation in Israel. Two sons are accidentally switched at birth at a hospital in Haifa, with Joseph, the Palestinian child, unknowingly is raised as a...

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Obsession

Director: Wayne Kopping

This film is a powerful collection of primary source footage, woven together to highlight the dangers of fanatical Islamic ideology. The film also interviews experts such as Prof Khaleel Mohammed; journalists such as Khaled Abu Toameh; and individuals who have lived in the Islamist environment.

7 minute read

Campus Battleground (2007)

Director: Bill Jersey

The film focuses on pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel students at the University of California-Berkeley and Columbia University during the 2006 Spring semester. The film includes footage from protest demonstrations, a class lecture, and student gatherings addressed by well-known pro-Palestinian or pro-Israel speakers. The documentary is marred by significant omissions which result...

4 minute read

Checkpoint

Director: Yoav Shamir

Checkpoint is one of a group of films funded by The New Foundation for Cinema and TV that document the difficult circumstances under which the Palestinians live and hold Israel alone responsible for those circumstances. These films follow a hackneyed format: The Palestinians are depicted as victims, while Israelis are...

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Confrontation @ Concordia

Director: Martin Himel

The documentary provides footage of the disturbing riot that prevented Netanyahu from speaking. Following the riot, the documentary followed several Muslim and Jewish students for the next few months, including Samir Elatrash, leader of the Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights.