[CMA] Press Release: Apartheid Wall Reachs Wales

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Subject: Press Release: Apartheid Wall Reachs Wales
From: undercurrents/BeyondTV festival <info at undercurrents.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:48:15 +0000

Press Release : BeyondTv international Video Festival

APARTHEID WALL REACHES WALES
On Thursday November 30 the Apartheid Wall currently fencing in the West
Bank in the Middle East will be visible in Swansea.  The Dylan Thomas
Centre in Somerset Place will also be heavily guarded by Israeli
soldiers and a checkpoint.

Film makers are turning to street theatre to promote 'Beyond the Middle
East' an evening of films showing life for normal Palestinians under
Israeli occupation. Israel is currently building an illegal wall across
farms, gardens through Palestinian homes cutting off familes and
friends.The wall has been slammed by the U.N as illegal witha strong
request that the construction is reversed.

The evening is part of Swansea's annual festival of alternative film and
video, Beyond TV. The festival is organised by the award winning charity
Undercurrents and support by the Arts Council of Wales.

The films will include the recently released THE IRON WALL by Director
Mohammed Alatar exploring how the Wall was first mentioned in 1923 and
has shaped the focus for hardline Israelis ever since. Other films
include films produced by the Balata Refugee Camp Media Collective and
Sadaa, a Palestinian / Israeli video collective based in Jeruselem.

Isobel Griffin, a spokeswoman for 'Beyond the Middle East' said today
' Hopefully on the night the people of Swansea will get a sense of the
oppression which Palestine people are facing every day. Having Israeli
soldiers checking film goers bags, demanding identity cards and keeping
people waiting in line lit by search lights. The films will shock many
but will give an insight into the conflict which we don't see in the media'

Tickets for 'Beyond the Middle East' are available from 01792 463980

Notes to editors
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