Critical Times

Kim Bullimore

Greenleft Weekly journalist and activist who spent 8 months in 2007 volunteering in the West Bank

Followed by

screening of the award winning documentary

Bili’n My Love

FILMED AND DIRECTED BY SHAI CARMELI-POLLAKThe director, Shai Carmeli-Pollak accompanies the village’s struggle for over a year, focusing on two central figures: Mohamed, a member of the village’s local committee against the barrier, and Wagee, farmer and father of ten, who is losing the majority of his land to the barrier and to the settlement.

Date Wednesday, 12th March 2008

Time 7:00 for 7:30pm

Venue Mercury Cinema, 13 Morphett Street, Adelaide

Entry Free

Enquires secretary@friendsofpalestine.org.au

Kim Bullimore

Green Left Weekly journalist, Kim Bullimore spent 8 months in 2007 living in the Occupied West Bank. She is a member of the International Women’s Peace Service in Palestine, a team of women who provide international accompaniment to Palestinian civilians and who document and non-violently intervene in human rights abuses, while also supporting acts of non violent resistance to end the illegal Israeli litary occupation of the Palestinians territories and to oppose the Apartheid Wall.Bili’n My Love

The film exposes the extraordinary relationship formed between the villagers and a group of Israeli activists, on the backdrop of their struggle. The conflict that arises between Shai and the soldiers serving in the area is not only between a director and the subjects that he is documenting, but also the conflict between a former soldier, turned peace activist, and the entire military organization. The film explores a struggle for non-violent resistance and exposes the military’s use of undercover infiltrators (mustaravim) in order to “justify”‌ the use of brutal force against villagers and activists alike.AwardsThe film was recently shown in the International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it got the Special Mention prize in the Movies that Matter Award-ceremony. The film also won the Wolgin Award for Full-length Documentary Film 2006 at the Jerusalem International Film Festival.Bilin My Love – Director’s statementI did not come to Bil’in as a filmmaker, but as an activist, to take part in the protest against the land theft caused by the separation barrier. For a year and a half, I used my camera to document the moments of despair and hope, danger and courage and the birth of true partnership between Palestinians and Israelis. During this period the village has become a symbol of the joint struggle against the barrier and the occupation.The AUSTRALIAN FRIENDS OF PALESTINE ASSOCIATIONWWW.FRIENDSOFPALESTINE.ORG.AU