Silenced when it was first released in 1981, today 
Occupied Palestine seems eerily prescient and offers a unique record of a pre-Intifada era

The last time Occupied Palestine screened in the US in 1981, the theater received bomb threats and had to evacuate and terminate the show after 10 minutes. After that, film distributors wouldn't even look at the film, and the media would not touch it.

BPFF revives this singular documentary, rediscovered earlier this year by the London Palestine Film Festival, for its first public US screening since then. You can see it for free at Harvard Law School next week and engage in conversation with Director David Koff, who will attend and engage with the audience. A few of the other notable films featured in next week's free screenings on Monday and Tuesday are listed below. 

For the full program, more free films, and tickets, click here.

David Koff
1981 | Documentary | 87 min
David Koff will attend the screening


Tuesday October 22, 2013 7:00 pm
Austin Hall, Ames Courtroom Room 200 (2nd fl.)
Harvard Law School
1515 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Alice Rothchild
2013 | Documentary | 57 min
Alice Rothchild will attend the screening













Monday, October 21, 2013 2:00 pm
Cambridge Public Library, Main Branch
449 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Mark Kaplan
2013 | Documentary | 68 min

Monday, October 21, 2013, 4:00 pm
Cambridge Public Library, Main Branch
449 Broadway
Cambridge, MA
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Gina Angelone, Patrick Stewart, and Mouna Stewart
2013 | Documentary | 73 min
Gina Angelone will attend the screening.
Mouna Stewart will attend the screening.


Monday, October 21, 2013, 6:30 pm
Harvard Law School, Austin Hall, Room 200
1515 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

For the full program, more free films, and tickets, click here.
This year alone, we are screening 2 world premieres, 9 US premieres, and 15 New England premieres.
 
Films you won't find in other US theatres. 
 
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