Budrus

Budrus is an award-winning feature documentary film about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier. Success eludes them until his 15-year-old daughter, Iltezam, launches a women’s contingent that quickly moves to the front lines. Struggling side by side, father and daughter unleash an inspiring, yet little-known, movement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories that is still gaining ground today. In an action-filled documentary chronicling this movement from its infancy, Budrus shines a light on people who choose nonviolence to confront a threat. The movie is directed by award-winning filmmaker Julia Bacha (co-writer and editor of Control Room and co-director Encounter Point), and produced by Bacha, Palestinian journalist Rula Salameh, and filmmaker and human rights advocate Ronit Avni (formerly of WITNESS, Director of Encounter Point).

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New York Times calls Budrus "this year's must-see documentary."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/opinion/11kristof.html?ref=nicholasdkristof

Winner Audience Award, 2nd Prize, Berlin International Film Festival 2010
Winner Special Jury Mention, Tribeca Film Festival 2010
Winner Special Jury Mention, Jerusalem Film Festival 2010
Winner Special Jury Mention, Documenta Madrid 2010
Winner Witness Award, SilverDocs Film Festival 2010
Winner Amnesty Award Italia, Film Festival 2010