Films
“Rebuilding Hope” — a film series by Tamer Mansour, Ron Eggleton and voice over by Cindy Corrie
Episode 1 — Rebuilding the Nasrallah Home
“This week Wednesday, the Nasrallah family will start building their new home through the grassroots support of hundreds of Americans and people throughout the world. They are the family that my daughter, Rachel Corrie, sought to protect when she was killed by the Caterpillar D9 Bulldozer that threatened their home in March 2003.My name is Cindy Corrie and I am Rachel's Mother.”
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Episode 2 — Groundbreaking
“The question is not why the bad things happen to good people.. The question is what do good people do when bad things happen ? – that is my husband Craig as we travelled with the Nasrallah family this past summer to tell our story and ask americans to help rebuild this family's home. Now rebuilding has begun......”
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“The Kindergarten in Al Aqabah” — a 14 min film by Amir Terkel
“.. After the army base was removed from the village a few months, we started helping the people to return to their homes. The first thing we did was to start fixing the kindergarten... Through the work of the Rebuilding Alliance, the kindergarten opened in May 2004, with an enrollment of 80 children. ”
“Right to a Home and a Homeland” — a 17 min film by Amir Terkel
Jeff Halper and Salim Shawamreh explain why rebuilding homes can bring house demolitions to an end. Important insight as to why acknowledgement of one family's loss can save hundreds of other homes.
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“A day of Rebuilding” — a 7 mins film shot, edited and produced by Amir Terkel
A 7 minute documentary about Israelis and Palestinians building homes together, broadcast on the San Francisco PBS affiliate KQED.
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“On the Ground: Witness, Resist, Rebuild” — a film by Sean Geary
It was filmed in August 2003, follows Israeli activist Jeff Halper to Jerusalem house demolitions, culminating in his arrest for civil disobedience in a multinational effort to save the Jabari family's home. That same week, volunteers helped the Shawamreh family build the Beit Arabiya Peace Center on their land, where their home was demolished four times previously. To order film, click the button below
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