"Roadmap to Apartheid" - film screening and Q&A session - Thursday 9/27/12

[Noam Lekach]

Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine present:
"Roadmap to Apartheid"
Film Screening followed by a Q&A Session with the Filmmakers

Thursday 09/27/2012
7:30pm
Pearlman Lounge

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"What is apartheid?"

"Why do people use the word apartheid when referring to Israel?"

"Doesn't apartheid means racial segregation? Arabs can vote in Israel..."

"I may agree that there are similarities, but the word is alienating..."

"What exactly happened in South Africa, and what does it have to do with Israel and Palestine?"

Have you ever asked yourself one of these questions?
If so, don't worry. You are not the only one!

"Roadmap to Apartheid" discusses deeply the apartheid analogy, and it is a great opportunity to meat with the filmmakers in Brandeis!


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About the Documentary:

There are many lessons to draw from the South African experience of Apartheid relevant to conflicts all over the world. Roadmap to Apartheid explores in detail the apartheid comparison as it is used in the enduring Israel-Palestine conflict. As much an historical document of the rise and fall of apartheid, the film shows us why many Palestinians feel they are living in an apartheid system today, and why an increasing number of people around the world agree with them.

Featuring interviews with South Africans, Israelis and Palestinians, Roadmap to Apartheid winds its way through the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and inside Israel moving from town to town and issue to issue to show why the apartheid analogy is being used with increasing potency. It analyzes the similar historical narratives of the Jewish people and the Afrikaaners to the tight relationship the two governments shared during the apartheid years, and everything in between. The effectiveness of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement that helped end apartheid in South Africa is also compared to its effectiveness in the Israeli context to end the occupation, and bring justice and dignity to all.

The extended trailer for Roadmap to Apartheid was awarded the Overall Prize and the Expert Panel Prize in the Stop the Wall and the Itisapartheid collective Israeli Apartheid Video Contest in January 2011.


About the Filmmakers
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Ana Nogueira is a journalist, activist and film maker. She worked as a producer for the national, daily radio and TV news program Democracy Now! for four years and later as a correspondent for the show. Ana was also a founding member of the New York City Independent Media Center and the global Indymedia network which was a pioneer in citizen-produced journalism. She was born in South Africa.

Eron Davidson is a long time social justice and media activist and organizer. He has produced several short videos that have helped to galvanize enthusiasm for various projects in the US and abroad. Eron was born in Israel.