Israel’s Hysterical Response to “Farha” Proves the Movie’s Effectiveness

“Farha” doesn’t even mention Israel, Jewish people, or Zionism, so why are Israeli officials demanding Netflix drop the movie and calling for a boycott of the streaming service?

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
Farha Film Feature photo

If you watched the 2021 movie “Farha,” you will relate to the following story. I had a quiet evening and decided to watch the film on Netflix. I was pleased to see that there was no Israeli funding involved, as there often is even for Palestinian films. The movie opens with lovely scenes from rural Palestine and young girls playing around. One

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“The Present” — A Painful Short Film Tells the Whole Story of What It Means to be Palestinian

In “The Present,” as throughout all of Palestine, soldiers, police officers, secret police, or Shabak agents, have the power — indeed they are instructed — to harass, humiliate, and take the lives of Palestinians in the most arbitrary fashion.

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
The Present Feature photo

OCCUPIED PALESTINE -- “The Present” -- a Palestinian film directed by Farah Nabulsi, with Saleh Bakri in the main role -- was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Live Action Short Film. In the end it did not win an Oscar, although it was deserving of one. In his acceptance speech, Travon Free, who won the award for his movie “Two

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Abby Martin’s Film Gaza Fights For Freedom Humanizes World’s Largest Concentration Camp

Abby Martin’s new documentary film Gaza Fights for Freedom is an excellent movie that is difficult to watch, and disturbing at times, precisely because it presents a true, realistic view of life in Gaza. 

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
Gaza fights for freedom feature photo

GAZA, OCCUPIED PALESTINE -- In her new documentary film, Gaza Fights for Freedom, journalist Abby Martin places the Gaza Strip under a microscope for the viewers to see. The result is an excellent movie that is difficult to watch, and disturbing at times, precisely because it presents a true, realistic view of life in Gaza. The movie shows how a

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Contracts Reveal How the DEA Exercises Control Over Television, Film Productions

Nearly 200 pages of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) contracts show how the agency exercises control over TV and film productions.

Tom Secker
By Tom Secker
Feature Image | DEA

Nearly 200 pages of Drug Enforcement Administration contracts with producers were obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. They show for the first time how the agency interacts with television and film productions. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is quite active in the entertainment industry. It exercises stringent control over

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Killing Gaza: A Film on Life Under Siege

Watch Killing Gaza, absorb the atmosphere of siege and listen to the testimonies of the trapped. You might then understand why so many chose to rush the gates.

Max Blumenthal
By Max Blumenthal
A relative reacts to the lifeless body 15-year old Palestinian boy, Azzam Hillal (Owidah), at his home during his funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, April 28, 2018. Hillal died a day after being shot in the head by an Israeli soldier. (AP/ Khalil Hamra)

Hours before Australia joined the US as the only countries in the UN Human Rights Council to vote against an investigation into Israel’s killing of over 60 protesters in one day in Gaza’s no-go zone, I joined Sky News Australia to discuss the massacre and my and Dan Cohen’s new documentary on life under siege, Killing Gaza. Watch | Max

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An Iranian Perspective on the Battle for Syria

A new feature film from Iran gives a different perspective of the war raging in Syria and the fight against ISIS than Western audiences are accustomed to.

Rick Sterling
By Rick Sterling
A still from the Iranian film "Damascus Time"

West against East on the Syrian battlefield, in the newspapers and now on film: A new, full-length action movie, titled “Damascus Time,” gives an Iranian perspective on the battle against ISIS in Syria. The movie comes from Iranian screenwriter and film director Ebrahim Hatamikia. Two award-winning Iranian actors, Hadi Hejazifar and Babak

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