Wednesday | 27 June | 6:30 p.m.
Gaza Fixer
Director: George Azar / 2007/ 20 minutes 
Leila Khaled: Hijacker
Director: Lina Makboul / 2005 / 58 minutes 

Wednesday | 4 July 
NO FILM SCREENING - The Jerusalem Fund is closed

Wednesday | 11 July | 6:30 p.m.
Goal Dreams
Directors: Maya Sanbar and Jeffrey Saunders / 2006 / 84 minutes

Wednesday | 18 July | 6:30 p.m.
Atash (Thirst)
Director: Tawfik Abu Wael / 2004 / 110 minutes

Wednesday | 25 July | 6:30 p.m.
Palestine Blues
Director: Nida Sinnokrot / 2005 / 80 minutes 

Wednesday | 1 August | 6:30 p.m.
Belonging
Director: Tariq Nasir / 2006 / 80 minutes

Wednesday | 13 June | 6:30 p.m.
Occupation 101
Directors: Abdallah Omeish & Sufyan Omeish / 2007 / 90 minutes

Occupation 101 is a thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. The film details life under Israeli military rule, the role of the United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace.  It covers a wide range of topics, including the first wave of Jewish immigration from Europe in the 1880's, the 1948 war, the 1967 war, the first Intifada of 1987, the Oslo Peace Process, settlement expansion, the second Intifada of 2000, the separation barrier and the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

This film is the first in the "Voices of Palestine" Summer 2007 Film Series. The annual film series is hosted jointly by The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development and The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Films begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.  All films are in English or have English subtitles. Attendance is free and open to the public.  No r.s.v.p. required.  Films are screened at The Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Virginia Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. For more information, call the Jerusalem Fund at 202-338-1958 or email info@thejerusalemfund.org.

Wednesday | 20 June | 6:30 p.m.
Out of Place
Director: Sato Makoto (with music by Daniel Barenboim) / 2005 / 137 minutes

Borrowing its title from the author's 2000 memoir, Out of Place traces the life and work of Edward Said (1935-2003), the Palestinian-born intellectual who wrote widely on history, literature, music, philosophy and politics. Filmed in Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, and the U.S., this feature-length documentary traces Said's childhood influences and celebrates his intellectual legacy. Visiting the sites of his birthplace in Jerusalem, his boyhood homes in Lebanon and Cairo, and his New York City apartment, the film explores Said's status as a refugee and his sense of always feeling "out of place"—personally, geographically and linguistically—a theme he developed in his memoir, explaining how everyone, in a sense, is comprised of "multiple identities."

This film is the second in the "Voices of Palestine" Summer 2007 Film Series. The annual film series is hosted jointly by The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development and The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Films begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.  All films are in English or have English subtitles. Attendance is free and open to the public.  No r.s.v.p. required.  Films are screened at The Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Virginia Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. For more information, call the Jerusalem Fund at 202-338-1958 or email info@thejerusalemfund.org.

Wednesday | 27 July | 6:30 p.m.
Gaza Fixer
Director: George Azar / 2007/ 20 minutes 

Foreign reporters in conflict zones often rely on local ‘fixers’ – people who earn a living helping journalists get their stories. Raed Atharmneh is a fixer living and working in the Gaza Strip whose daily life film-maker George Azar chose to film as he worked to provide for 42 members of his clan. What begins as a straightforward story is transformed as Raed’s world is turned upside down by a terrible event, putting him – albeit very briefly - at the very center of international media attention.

Leila Khaled: Hijacker
Director: Lina Makboul / 2005 / 58 minutes 

In 1969, Palestinian Leila Khaled made history by becoming the first woman to hijack an airplane. As a Palestinian child growing up in Sweden, filmmaker Lina Makboul admired Khaled for her bold actions; as an adult, she began asking complex questions about the legacy created by her childhood hero. This documentary is at once a portrait of Khaled, an exploration of the filmmaker’s own understanding of her Palestinian identity, and a complicated examination of the nebulous dichotomy between "terrorist" and "freedom fighter."  The film weaves together scenes with Khaled, archival footage, and interviews with the people who were on the planes Khaled hijacked. The result is a multi-dimensional film unlike any other in its skillful handling of the complexities that arise when liberation movements incorporate violence as a tactic.

These two films will be shown together as the third event in the "Voices of Palestine" Summer 2007 Film Series. The annual film series is hosted jointly by The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development and The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Films begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.  All films are in English or have English subtitles. Attendance is free and open to the public.  No r.s.v.p. required.  Films are screened at The Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Virginia Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. For more information, call the Jerusalem Fund at 202-338-1958 or email info@thejerusalemfund.org.

Wednesday | 4 July 
NO FILM SCREENING - The Jerusalem Fund is closed

Wednesday | 11 July | 6:30 p.m.
Goal Dreams
Director: Maya Sanbar and Jeffery Saunders / 2006 / 84 minutes

Goal Dreams is documentary feature focusing on national and personal identity as experienced by a sports team like none before. It poses the question: how can a team without a recognized homeland, with no permanent domestic league or place to train and with players and coaches scattered around the globe, compete in the world of modern football? Founded in 1928, the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) is considered one of the oldest football associations in the Arab world. Following the team as they prepare for the 2006 World Cup, Goal Dreams chronicles the suspension of domestic league games after an Israeli air strike on Palestine Stadium, while Austrian coach Alfred Riedle makes a heroic effort to mold players from diverse countries such as the USA, Chile, Palestine and Lebanon into a national team unlike any other.

This film is the fourth in the "Voices of Palestine" Summer 2007 Film Series. The annual film series is hosted jointly by The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development and The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Films begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.  All films are in English or have English subtitles. Attendance is free and open to the public.  No r.s.v.p. required.  Films are screened at The Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Virginia Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. For more information, call the Jerusalem Fund at 202-338-1958 or email info@thejerusalemfund.org.

Wednesday | 18 July | 6:30 p.m.
Atash (Thirst)
Director: Tawfik Abu Wael / 2004 / 110 minutes

Abu Shukri and his family fled a scandal involving his older daughter, Gamila, and settled in a dusty, arid valley in the middle of nowhere, far away from their hometown. Now they are squatters at an abandoned Israeli military outpost where they live on the charcoal they produce. Only the father and the son are in contact with the outside world. The father goes to the village to sell the charcoal whereas the son runs off to the village school. The mother and her two daughters incessantly burn wood to make the charcoal on which they depend. Abu Shukri, the father, brought them to this place against their will and they know the reason why they left the village is also the reason why they can never return. The father decides to build a pipeline to bring fresh water to their rustic home. The women are suspicious and the son doesn't care but the running water awakens their instinct of freedom and marks the beginning of the family's explosive tragic downfall.

This film is the fifth in the "Voices of Palestine" Summer 2007 Film Series. The annual film series is hosted jointly by The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development and The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Films begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.  All films are in English or have English subtitles. Attendance is free and open to the public.  No r.s.v.p. required.  Films are screened at The Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Virginia Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. For more information, call the Jerusalem Fund at 202-338-1958 or email info@thejerusalemfund.org.

Wednesday | 25 July | 6:30 p.m.
Palestine Blues
Director: Nida Sinnokrot / 2005 / 80 minutes

Palestine Blues follows the repercussions of the Israeli separation wall and settlement expansion in the engulfed/annexed Palestinian farming communities of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Instead of focusing on the Wall as an object, Palestine Blues examines the grassroots resistance movement that has sprung up against it. The film is not a 'traditional' political reportage but rather an interminable road trip across hard and liquid borders, across a terrain that is being erased as it is being traversed.

This film is the sixth in the "Voices of Palestine" Summer 2007 Film Series. The annual film series is hosted jointly by The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development and The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Films begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.  All films are in English or have English subtitles. Attendance is free and open to the public.  No r.s.v.p. required.  Films are screened at The Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Virginia Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. For more information, call the Jerusalem Fund at 202-338-1958 or email info@thejerusalemfund.org.

Wednesday | 1 August | 6:30 p.m.
Belonging
Director: Tariq Nasir / 2006 / 80 minutes

This is the story of what happens when ordinary people get caught up in the extraordinary circumstances of war. Told by two generations of director Tariq Nasir’s family members, Belonging challenges common stereotypes of a displaced people and recounts the deep-rooted attachment to one’s land, the loss of an ancestral home, and the experience of becoming refugees.  The wars of 1948 and 1967 changed the lives of Palestinian families like the Nasirs forever – yet this is not a story of blame and bitterness, but a human story, one of displacement and loss; a story of longing and belonging.

This film is the seventh in the "Voices of Palestine" Summer 2007 Film Series. The annual film series is hosted jointly by The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development and The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Films begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.  All films are in English or have English subtitles. Attendance is free and open to the public.  No r.s.v.p. required.  Films are screened at The Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Virginia Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. For more information, call the Jerusalem Fund at 202-338-1958 or email info@thejerusalemfund.org.