 Bridge Over the WadiGesher Al Ha'wadiDirector: Tomer Heymann & Barak Heymann Among the scenic hills of the Galilee, Arab villages sit cheek by jowl with Jewish hamlets, but as is often the case in this troubled region, it is politics rather than geography that sets the distance between places and people. Bridge over the Wadi, an elementary bilingual school established by Arab and Jewish parents, aims to overcome this distance. But in a context where each community insists Barak Heymann, one of the film's directors will be attending both screenings of this film. He will take part in the post screening discussion at SOAS on Tuesday 13 November, and a Q&A on Wednesday 14 November following the screening at Odeon Swiss Cottage. The screening on Tuesday 13th November will be followed by a discussion with Barak Heymann, Annabelle Sreberny and Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi. Annabelle Sreberny is Professor of Global Media and Communications a the Centre for Media and Film Studies at SOAS. Her areas of expertise are Iran, diaspora, gender, globalization and democratization. Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi, a British-Palestinian journalist, is chairman and co-founder of Arab Media Watch, an independent, non-profit watchdog set up in 2000 to strive for objective coverage of Arab issues in the British media. Event / Themes: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict Seeds of Reconciliation |
