Event

RACHEL

Sunday, March 27 at 1:30pm

LIVE via SKYPE: Director SIMONE BITTON

Rachel is a startlingly rigorous, fascinating and deeply moving investigatory documentary that
examines the death of peace activist and International Solidarity Movement (ISM) member
Rachel Corrie, who was crushed by an Israeli army bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003 while
non-violently protesting the demolition of Palestinian homes in Rafah. A few weeks after her
little-reported death, an inquiry by Israeli military police concluded that Corrie died in an accident.
Now her parents, sister and brother are suing the state of Israel claiming wrongful death. The suit's
objective according to Rachel's mother "is to illustrate the need for accountability for thousands of
lives lost or indelibly injured by Israel's occupation." France/Belgium, 2009, 100 min., color, DigiBeta
In English, Arabic, and Hebrew with English subtitles Writer/Director: Simone Bitton
LIVE via SKYPE: Director SIMONE BITTON
Sunday, March 27 at 1:30pm
A powerful portrait of the life and death of peace activist Rachel Corrie
Co-presented by The Long Island Fund for Women and
Girls involved with the Women on the Job project which
fought the battle for pay equity for 30 years on LI and NY State.
Co-sponsored by Huntington League of Women Voters
"Simone Bitton's subtle and nuanced movie presents two narratives: one offered by the
State of Israel and the other by the International Solidarity Movement activists and the
Palestinian eyewitnesses who were with Rachel on that tragic day."
Neve Gordon, The Nation (Prof. of Politics & Government, Ben-Gurion Univ.)