France-Belgium
2008/digibeta/100mins
THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER 6.15 PM – Dendy
A startlingly rigorous, fascinating and deeply moving investigatory documentary that examines the death of peace activist Rachel Corrie who was crushed by an Isreali army bulldozer in the Gaza Strip.
A few weeks after her little-reported death, an inquiry by Israeli military police concluded that Rachel Corrie died in an accident. In a highly unusual approach to documentary filmmaking, Jewish French-Israeli filmmaker Simone Bitton re-opens the case and slices through bipartisan Middle-East politics to investigate Rachel Corrie’s death the way a judicial court should have. A cinematic inquiry involving all the people involved in the incident – from military spokespersons and official investigators to the activists who were with Corrie when she died – Bitton establishes a candid new approach for the documentary form.
Click here to view the trailer.
Festival Screenings include Tribeca, Berlin, Canadian HotDocs and San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
“Simone Bitton again proves that she is one of the finest contemporary documentarians.” Howard Feinstein, Screen Daily
“Instead of a sensationalist front-page story about a hapless girl trapped overseas, we get to see the truth.” Chris Jancelewicz, AOL
Director Simone Bitton Producer Thierry Lenouvel Print Source Umedia, Montreuil France
