Film : Al Awda - Screening and Q&A With Director Jason Soo
"Documetary film Al Awda showcases one of many attempts by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.
In Protected content , Singaporean filmmaker Jason Soo boarded the Al Awda (The Return in Arabic) with the intention of making a documentary about the surgeon, activist. and political exile, Dr. Ang Swee Chai. For six years, Soo reworked the footage he retained after the Israeli navy raided the Al Awda with videos captured by activists onboard, which filled in the gaps left by the footage that was confiscated by the Israeli navy. The resulting film Al Awda Protected content , is less a portrait of Dr. Ang than a documentary about activism itself.
As the crew of 22 activists from 15 countries sail towards an inevitable confrontation with the Israeli navy, senior activists with previous experience on other boats conduct training sessions in non-violent resistance. The conversations that ensue are predicated on the freedom of an individual to choose the extent of their resistance to the Israeli military, all the while keeping in mind that their decision would affect the most vulnerable people onboard. "
-Sasha Han, Documentary.org
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