Recommended Films and Documentaries

A selected gallery of films that highlight some of the key historical epochs and social struggles of Israel/Palestine.

Matzpen:
Anti-Zionist Israelis

The current reality of ethnonationalism and occupation were never a consensus in Israeli society. Learn the riveting history of Matzpen, an Israeli organization that publicly opposed the occupation in 1967 and Zionism at a time in which it was anathema to do so in the society in which they lived.

Meet the
Mayor of Ramallah

A vulnerable and morbidly comedic depiction of a mayor and a city struggling for definition, meaning, and authorship over their futures while wresting with the harsh limitations of life in Area A of the West Bank, and the inability to control their own material and imaginative resources.

PLO: History of a Revolution

This documentary from Al Jazeera explores the history of the Palestine Liberation Organization, recognized diplomatically today as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinians despite controversy and arguably the most influential actor in the Palestinian national movement.

Have You Heard of the Panthers?

In the 1970's a vibrant social movement lead by Mizrahi Jews shocked the Israeli political establishment. Called the Israeli Black Panthers, they demanded radical wealth redistribution and condemned the building of settlements in the West Bank instead of affordable housing.

The Kids Fighting
Israel's Occupation

Acclaimed Palestinian American journalist Dena Takruri visits the home of Ahed Tamimi in Nabi Saleh to meet with young civil resistors leading nonviolent popular resistance movements against Israeli military occupation. Their testimony and dreams are powerful to hear.

Confronting
Anti-Blackness in Israel

A wave of mass protests in recent years has pushed a conversation about blackness into the public eye following police killings of Ethiopian Israelis. This exposé illuminates important questions about race and the boundaries of identity in a region defined by various segregations.