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Killing Gaza

“A moralizing and heart-wrenching call to action” –McGill Daily

Killing Gaza documentary

Independent journalists Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen documented Israel’s 2014 assault on Gaza during the war, and chronicled its horrific aftermath. As they waded through the rubble of Gaza’s destroyed border regions, they turned a camera onto the survivors of the slaughter and let them speak for themselves.

Dan returned, week after week, to capture on film the daily struggles of the people of Gaza as they suffered through one of the worst winters in recorded history, and then weathered the sweltering summer heat without electricity and — in many cases — without homes.

While giving voice to the pain of a people under siege, Cohen and Blumenthal also highlighted Gazans’ inspiring acts of creative resistance, from painting to break-dancing to literature, that allow them maintain their humanity in the face of deprivation and war.

Killing Gaza is much more than a documentary about Palestinian resilience and suffering. It is a chilling visual document of war crimes committed by the Israeli military, featuring direct testimony and evidence from the survivors, delivered to them often just days after escaping indiscriminate shelling, bombings and summary executions.

Where You Can See Killing Gaza

As of January 2018, Cohen and Blumenthal have been submitting Killing Gaza for consideration to a wide array of international film festivals. Because we want this documentary to be seen by as many people as possible, we are also arranging a series of preview screenings for exclusive audiences across North America and Europe.

For the latest updates about where you can see Killing Gaza, follow us on Twitter at @KillingGaza, or on Facebook at Facebook.com/KillingGaza.

What Are People Saying About Killing Gaza?

After attending an exclusive screening at Montreal’s Concordia University, Hani Abramson of the McGill Daily had this to say about Killing Gaza:

“Through the act of documentary filmmaking, the different layers of reality merged into a moralising and heart-wrenching call to action… The documentary immerses the viewer into a complex, dense truth that one cannot simply choose to look away from or wander off onto the next ‘most important subject.’ In the age of catchphrase articles and minute-long news reports, Killing Gaza calls for us to take the time to consciously inform ourselves on current issues in a deeper, more diligent way. Despite the formal limits of filmmaking in fully communicating lived experience, the film reveals Gaza’s pain and encourages viewers to ponder on what acts of solidarity have impact.”

Read the full review and stay tuned for more.