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OCTOBER'S CRY

(BE' OCTOBER RA'ADA HA'ARETZ)

Israel, 2006, 66:20 min., Hebrew & Arabic

Director: Julie Gal
Producer: Julie Gal
Script: Julie Gal
Cinematography: Ramez Kazmous, David Ishkuner
Editing: Ami Drozd, Katya Shepeliavaya, Amir Tal
Sound: Bawardi Ben Sushon, Shuki Zota
Production company: Galex
Print Source:
Ruth Diskin Film Ltd.
P.O.B. 7153, Jerusalem
Israel 91071
Tel.: 972 2 672 4256
Fax: 972 2 672 4210
ruthdis@netvision.net.il
www.ruthfilms.com


October's Cry

This moving documentary follows the quest of two determined women – a grieving mother and a civil rights lawyer – as they seek justice in the killing of 13 Arab men during the Al-Aqas Intifada of October 2000. On the day in question, violent demonstrations erupted as the Arab citizens of Israel – the county’s largest non-Jewish minority – rioted in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle in the Occupied Territories. Israel police responded with force and in addition to the 13 Arab men killed, one Jew was also killed and hundreds of people were wounded. This strong film follows the reluctantly started three-year-long inquiry by the Israeli Government into the shootings of the Arab men through to the troubling results that sparked new anger and a demand for justice. Though the backdrop of this film is a stormy one, it sets the scene for a universal story of courage and dignity.

Julie Gal came to NYC from Austria in 1961. she holds a Master's degree in Communication from Emmerson College in Boston and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She studied film at Columbia University and New York University. She is the founder of Galex Productions, non for profit media company.

Filmography:

October's Cry (2006);
The Battle For Peace: Shimon Perez (1996);
Islamic Fundamentalism & Democracy (1993), TV;
Taufik's Land;
The Secret Dispora.

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