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To See If I'm Smiling [NY Premiere] screening with Deadly Playground [U.S. Premiere]
Series: Human Rights Watch International Film Festival 2008 [June 13 - 26]

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To See If I'm Smiling [NY Premiere]
Tamar Yarom, Israel, 2007; 59m video

Israel is the only country where 18-year-old girls are drafted for compulsory military service. To See If I’m Smiling is a disturbing look at the actions and behavior of women soldiers in the Israeli army who, stationed in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, help maintain the 40-year-old occupation of Palestinian territories. One woman recounts how she posed for a photo with a Palestinian corpse; she searches for that picture, saying, “I wanted to see if I’m smiling.” At a time when women in the military are increasingly on the frontlines, this powerful film explores the ways that gender, ethics and moral responsibility intersect during war.

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Deadly Playground [U.S. Premiere]
Katia Saleh, UK/Lebanon, 2007; 23m video

Thirteen-year-old Hussein from the village of Sadikkeen in south Lebanon has been watching the de-mining experts in his area clearing the estimated three million cluster bombs that the Israeli forces dropped in the war with Hezbollah in 2006. A projected one million of these remain unexploded and scattered around villages and mountains. Hundreds of children, like Hussein, are still fascinated by them.




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