A New Film About Rachel Corrie -- It's Not Extremism to Say This Should Stop
Submitted by rosahill on May 10, 2009 - 17:19Rachel – a film documentary directed by Simone Bitton, shown at the Tribeca Film Festival
This is a somber movie indeed, and timely as the United Nations attempts an investigation of the Israeli attack on Gaza. Rachel re-examines the death of Rachel Corrie, crushed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza in 2003. The director, Simone Bitton, describes it as “the examination of an examination”, with much of the film focusing on re- visualizing what happened, interviewing witnesses, and on the Israeli investigation of Rachel’s death. The counterpoint is Rachel’s fellow International Solidarity Movement activists reading excerpts from her diary.