Route 181 - Fragments of a journey in Palestine-Israel

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March 28, 2009

Route 181 is a 3-part documentary by two filmmakers, Michel Khleifi and Eyal Sivan, both from Palestine-Israel. Travelling along the partition lines passed in Resolution 181 in 1947 by the United Nations dividing the British Mandate of Palestine into two countries - Israel and Palestine, the two filmmakers listened to the stories and views of different people on their way.

Here are details of a screening in Boston, US. A good review can be found here. Umkahlil has another good one:

Khleifi and Sivan say that theirs was a labor of love, and it is evident throughout the film. Surely, this film, albeit undistributed, ranks as a great documentary. The universal message, which is shown graphically in the beginning when the map of Palestine is ripped apart along the demarcation line of 1947, and is re-emphasized by the Solomon metaphor, is that the only hope for Palestine is through truth, reconciliation, and unification.

Below is Part 1 of the documentary in Arabic and Hebrew, with subtitles. In this version, subtitles are in Spanish. It’s the only version I could find on the net. A version with English subtibles is available here.

Part 2 & Part 3

These, too, are educational:

Checkpoints

Israeli settlers as human shields

How did we get here (in French)

Checkpoints - Quelle honte!