Join us for a free screening of the powerful, gripping documentary film Gaza Strip.

“There are moments in GAZA STRIP that disclose a wrenching human reality deeper and more basic than any politics.” - A. O. Scott, The New York Times

“A documentary to make the stones weep.” - J. Hoberman, The Village Voice

From the director:

In early 2001 I spent three months in Gaza filming material for this documentary, GAZA STRIP, working with local fixer and translator, Mohammed Mohanna. The second Palestinian uprising against Israeli military occupation had begun in September, 2000, four months before I started filming.

Though the period this documentary covers includes the election of Ariel Sharon as Israeli Prime Minister and large incursions by the Israeli Defense Forces into Gaza, in retrospect the time depicted here is one of relative quiet. More recent Israeli attacks against Gaza have been far more destructive and deadly than what falls into the scope of this film.

It is my hope that this film will provide a partial introduction to Gaza for those who have come to the subject recently, and also serve as a document of its time.

Local award-winning filmmaker John Harrison will moderate a Q/A with the film's director James Longley following the screening.