- Jenin Jenin depicts the true story of Israeli colossal
barbarism. There is no doubt left, the Jewish State is the ultimate enemy
of humanity and humanism. It also presents the Palestinian ordeal facing
the Zionist evil. Clearly, surviving the Israeli occupation is nothing
but heroism.
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- Soon after Jenin Jenin was released, after only three
showings, the film was banned by the Israeli Film Board (2002), accusing
the film of being libellous for calling itself a documentary despite documenting
only one 'side' of the story. One may ask the Israeli Film Board whether
they also ban holocaust documentaries for failing to present the Nazi or
even the SS 'side' of the story.
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- Bakri petitioned the High Court of Justice against the
censor for prohibiting the screening of the film on the grounds that it
distorted the truth. After a long fight, the court rejected the censor's
decision.
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- In 2004, the Israeli High Court finally upheld its earlier
overturn of the ban, but joined the Film Board in labelling the film a
"propagandistic lie," based on Israeli sources which acknowledged
only 52 Palestinian deaths, 38 of whom Israeli sources argued were armed
fighters.
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- In 2007, five IDF soldiers who participated in the Jenin
refugee camp massacre sued the Cinamatheques in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
for screening the film in the midst of the ban, and sued Bakri for 2.5
million NIS for producing the film. In July 2008 Bakri was acquitted of
the charges.
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- Jenin-Jenin earned two awards: the "Best Film"
award at the Carthage International Film Festival, 2002, and the International
Prize for Mediterranean Documentary Filmmaking and Reporting.
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- Lyad Samoudi the film's Executive Producer, was killed
at Alyamoun at the end of the filming by Israeli soldiers on 23 June 2002.
- To watch film:
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- http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/public-service-watch-mohammad-bakris-jenin-jenin.html
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