FILM SCREENING Palestine: A Matter of Basic Human Rights
Screening of Rachel: An American Conscience Followed by a Q&A

 

 

7.30pm Tues, August 3, 2010

Free

 

Rachel Corrie was a 23-year-old American human rights activist and member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). On March 16th 2003, she was crushed to death in the Gaza Strip by an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) bulldozer whilst trying to defend Palestinian homes from being demolished.

The IDF claimed that the death was due to the bulldozer soldier driver's restricted view. Eyewitnesses, however, refuted this.

"Rachel: An American Conscience" offers rare footage of Rachel talking to camera and describing Israeli human rights violations against a Palestinian civilian population. Director Yahya Barakat, a professor at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, edited 80 hours of film footage from Gaza, the West Bank and Olympia, Washington for two years. Freelance writer Sonia Nettnin wrote ”When I asked Barakat why he chose Corrie as the focal point for his film, he said there were three reasons: one, eyewitnesses say it was not an accident; two, when he followed the story in the US they ignored Corrie; and three, the American media did not cover her to the extent they cover missing, American children and murders. It made me feel inside I must do something for this girl,” he said.

Speakers:

Dr. Pakorn Priyakorn is Dean at the Graduate School of Public Administration of the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) and President of The Foundation of the Islamic Centre of Thailand

Dr. Mike Hayes works at Mahidol University's Centre for Human Rights Studies and is the programme coordinator of the Masters in Human Rights.

Mr. Nick Ferriman, Lecturer in the Humanities and Foreign Languages Division of Mahidol University and Vice-Chairman of the PSC Thailand.

Organizer: Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) Thailand

*This program is a paid event. Responsibility for programme content is solely that of the event organizer.

---

---