Evening Film: “Infiltrators” by Khaled Jarrar

 
 

Friday, October 10, 2014
6:30 – 8:00 p.m. 
The Jerusalem Fund



For Palestinians, trying to travel from the West Bank to Jerusalem is a journey made almost impossible by checkpoints and restricted permits. For those who want to be reunited with loved ones and sick relatives, get to hospital for medical treatment, and pray at Al Aqsa mosque, this is far too often a distant dream. Some have given up on the traditional route, and are instead helped across [the apartheid wall] by smugglers who take a symbolic fee to deliver them into Jerusalem. It is their journeys that are documented in the award-winning documentary ‘Infiltrators‘ by Khaled Jarrar. (Middle East Monitor), 2012. 70 mins.
For the trailor on Vimeo click here, and review in Jadaliyya click here
About the Director
Khaled Jarrar works with photography, video, and performance as a means to think about questions of conflict, nationhood, home and belonging. Based in Ramallah, Jarrar rose to prominence with his 2007 exhibition, At the Checkpoint, which was placed in full view of the Israeli soldiers at Howarra & Qalandia checkpoint. His work has featured in numerous international solo exhibitions, including Ayyam Gallery London (2013); Galerie Guy Bartschi, Geneva (2013); Galerie Polaris, Paris (2012); Al-Mahatta Gallery, Ramallah (2009); and International Academy of Art Palestine, Ramallah (2007); as well as group shows, most recently the “Here and Elsewhere” exhibit at the New Museum in New York in July 2014, for which he was denied an exit visa by the Israeli authorities. His recent documentary, The Infiltrators (2012), won several awards at the 9th Dubai International Film Festival.