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<p><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-style:italic'>"This film will single-handedly change how many people
view the conflict. It’s that good, and that important."</span></font></i>
- The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City></st1:place>
Globe<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-style:italic'>"The must-see documentary of the year."</span></font></i>
- Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>BUDRUS, a multi-award-winning feature documentary that captures
peaceful change in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, opens <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>December 3 </span></b>at the Coolidge Corner Theatre
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Brookline</st1:City></st1:place>.
The film is a behind-the-scenes account of Palestinian community organizer,
Ayed Morrar, as he unites local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli
supporters in an unarmed effort to save his <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">village</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Budrus</st1:PlaceName> from destruction by <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s
Separation Barrier. <font color=black><span style='color:black'>Victory seems
improbable until Morrar’s 15-year-old daughter, Iltezam, launches a
women’s contingent that quickly moves to the front lines.</span></font></span></font><font
size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> </span></font>Struggling side by side, father and daughter
unleash an inspiring, yet little-known, movement in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Occupied</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Palestinian</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Territories</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> that is still
gaining ground today. Chronicling this movement from its infancy, <font
color=black><span style='color:black'>BUDRUS<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b></span></font>shines
a light on people who choose nonviolence to confront a threat. <font
color=black><span style='color:black'>The movie </span></font>is directed by
filmmaker <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Julia Bacha</span></b> (co-writer
and editor of <em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Control Room</font></i></em>
and co-director <font color=black><span style='color:black'>of </span></font><em><i><font
face="Times New Roman">Encounter Point</font></i></em>), and produced by Bacha,
Palestinian journalist <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Rula Salameh</span></b>,
and filmmaker and human rights advocate <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Ronit
Avni</span></b> (director of<i><span style='font-style:italic'> Encounter Point</span></i>,
executive director of<font size=1><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> </span></font><span
lang=EN>Just Vision, a nonprofit that researches, documents and creates media
about Palestinian and Israeli grassroots peace activists, and formerly of </span>WITNESS<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>)</span></font>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The filmmakers will introduce the film and
conduct Q&A at the following shows: </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Friday, 12/3 at 7:15<font color=black><span style='color:black'>pm</span></font>
and 9:30<font color=black><span style='color:black'>pm (Ronit Avni)</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Saturday, 12/4 at 7:15<font color=black><span style='color:black'>pm </span></font>and
9:30<font color=black><span style='color:black'>pm (Ronit Avni)</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Sunday, 12/5 at 2:45<font color=black><span style='color:black'>pm </span></font>and
5:00<font color=black><span style='color:black'>pm (Julia Bacha and Ronit Avni)</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>For additional screening times and advance
tickets, please visit <a href="http://www.coolidge.org/showtimes">www.coolidge.org</a>.
To learn more about BUDRUS, go to <a
href="http://www.justvision.org/budrus">www.justvision.org/budrus</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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