To See if I'm Smiling (Lir’ot Im Ani Mehayechet)
Friday
Jan 30
05:00 pm
Passionate and poignant, the Palestinian Film Festival is a celebration of Palestinian cinema and culture.
Presented by Cinema Politica London | Centre for Social Concern - Social Justice and Peace Club King's University College.
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To See if I'm Smiling (Lir’ot Im Ani Mehayechet)
Tamar Yarom / IL / 2007 / 60 ' / Hebrew / S.T. English
Six female former soldiers reveal the pshychological scars of serving in the Occupied Territories.
Synopsis
Israel is the only country in the world where 18-year-old girls are drafted for compulsory military service. In this award-winning documentary, the frank testimonials of six female Israeli soldiers stationed in Gaza and the West Bank pack a powerful emotional punch. The young women revisit their tours of duty in the occupied territories with surprising honesty and strip bare stereotypes of gender differences in the military. The former soldiers share shocking moments of negligence, flippancy, immaturity and power-tripping as they describe atrocities they witnessed and participated in. The psychological transformation that these young women underwent as a result of military service is both upsetting and riveting.
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