Documentary | Length: 54 mins |
Directed by Mohammed Bakri
Topics: West Bank Israeli terrorism and Ethnic Cleansing
Accolades: Winner of Carthage International Film Festival Best Film, 2002
Unofficial Trailer: https://youtu.be/Dr6LzjZxPQY?si=sEMxeZ0a7BEpBmHj
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Why We Recommend This:
October 7th did not begin in a vacuum nor did the ethnic cleansing of Gaza and West Bank only begin as its aftermath. Watch this eye-opening, award-winning documentary that presents eye-witness accounts and footage of the Israeli Operation Defensive Shield operation in April 2002 that led to mass destruction of Jenin, West Bank. 500+ Palestinians were reported to have been massacred in Jenin. While Israeli regime disputes the number and has refused investigation, they admitted that the IDF murdered at least 50+. Today, the ethnic cleansing of Jenin continues today and worse than before.
Film Description:
“Initially banned by the Israeli Film Board and still a source of controversy, Bakri’s documentary bears witness to the aftermath of the April 2002 Israeli reconquest and partial demolition of the Jenin refugee camp. The documentary hears survivors presenting their own testimony and presents an often harrowing portrayal of a Palestinian community responding to trauma.” — Palestine Film Foundation
https://www.palestinefilm.org/resources.asp?s=libr&film_id=39
“Jenin, Jenin is a 2002 documentary directed by Mohammad Bakri. The film denounces, through the immediate stories of Palestinian witnesses, the crimes committed by the Israeli army during the attack on the Jenin refugee camp. During Operation ‘Defensive Shield’, in April 2002, the Israeli Defense Forces invaded the Jenin Palestinian refugee camp for 12 days due to the alleged presence of Palestinian terrorists. Since the Israeli army did not allow journalists and international organizations to access the camp for security reasons, the Arab countries thought that a massacre was taking place. Bakri participated in a nonviolent demonstration held at the Jenin checkpoint. On this occasion he declared that he saw Israeli soldiers shoot at the crowd, wounding a friend of his who was next to him. After this he decided to infiltrate the camp to interview the residents and ask them what had happened. The result was ‘Jenin Jenin’. Bakri entered Jenin on April 26, 2002, the day the army left the camp. Filming lasted five days. The film brings together interviews with the inhabitants of Jenin who witnessed a massacre. The director did not interview the Israeli officials: he declared that it was his intention to give space only to those who were denied the right to speak …” — Arab Tunes on YouTube
