Rachel (film)
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Rachel is a 2009 documentary film by Simone Bitton
detailing the death of Rachel Corrie
from "an Israeli point of view". Its first North American public screening was at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
.
A controversy arose with respect to the showing of the film at the 2009 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
, and the festival's extending an invitation to Corrie's mother to speak.
Simone Bitton
Simone Bitton is a French-Israeli documentary filmmaker. Her films have been nominated for or won the César Award, the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film Award, and the Sundance Film Festival, Special Jury Prize ....
detailing the death of Rachel Corrie
Rachel Corrie
Rachel Aliene Corrie was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement . She was killed in the Gaza Strip by an Israel Defence Forces bulldozer when she was standing or kneeling in front of a local Palestinian's home, thus acting as a human shield, attempting to prevent the IDF from...
from "an Israeli point of view". Its first North American public screening was at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...
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A controversy arose with respect to the showing of the film at the 2009 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is the oldest and largest Jewish film festival in the world. The three-week summer festival is held in San Francisco, California, usually at the Castro Theater in San Francisco and other cinemas in San Francisco, Berkeley, San Rafael, and Palo Alto, and features...
, and the festival's extending an invitation to Corrie's mother to speak.