Art as a weapon: Jenin Jenin, the ongoing censorship
[Episode 93]
Seven years ago, after the invasion of the Israeli army into the refugee camp in Jenin, West Bank, Mohammad Bakri shot his film, Jenin Jenin, a documentary about the Palestinians of Jenin. As we all know the camp is isolated and getting to know what happens inside of it is hard: thanks to this visual testimony international attention has been drawn to this story, otherwise difficultly heard by the international media.Bakri was censored by the Israeli censorship board for two years and, in the last seven years,he has spent a great deal of time and money defending himself and the movie. After winning the legal suits, soldiers decided to take the case to the Supreme Court. Recently, the State of Israel has decided to join the soldiers in their civil suit against Bakri.”They said that the film is a palestinian propaganda, just one failed point of view, but I told them that I described just the Jenin residents’story” said us the director.
