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This film provides a fly on the wall account of various checkpoints on the Palestine-Israel border. Miles from anywhere, people travel frequently, walking long distances, to go to hospitals or to work. The Israeli guards like to 'show them' and routinely harass them by making them stand in the blazing sun, driving rain, or deep snow for many hours (eg up to ten hours) before returning their papers and often sending them home. They are polite, but admit to the cameras that this is how they deal with people - force them to stand in the rain. It could almost be a laid back Palestinian expose of what is happening at the checkpoints except - and here is the double-whammy - it is made by an Israeli, with
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Checkpoint XviD AC3 (www.mvgroup.org)

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Full Description w/ Photos
http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Checkpoint


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This film provides a fly on the wall account of various checkpoints on the Palestine-Israel border. Miles from anywhere, people travel frequently, walking long distances, to go to hospitals or to work. The Israeli guards like to 'show them' and routinely harass them by making them stand in the blazing sun, driving rain, or deep snow for many hours (eg up to ten hours) before returning their papers and often sending them home. They are polite, but admit to the cameras that this is how they deal with people - force them to stand in the rain. It could almost be a laid back Palestinian expose of what is happening at the checkpoints except - and here is the double-whammy - it is made by an Israeli, with Israeli funding - and it has not only been snapped up and promoted by the Israelis in cinemas but also by the Palestinians. What is perhaps even more shocking is that it is now being used by the Israeli forces as training material for their guards. The filmmaker has certainly got his message across to a wide audience!

Produced by Edna and Elinor Kowarsky
Directed by Yoav Shamir
Edited by Era Lapid
Subtitles by Aley Koteret
1 hour, 20 minutes, Hebrew, Arabic and English audio, 2003
Winner of five international awards and two nominations


Technical Specs

Video Codec: XviD
Video Bitrate: 1764 Kbps
Video Resolution: 656x480
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.367 / ~11:8
Video Framerate: 25
Video AR Error: 0.1%
Quality Factor: 0.22 b/px
Audio: Hebrew, Arabic and English
Audio Codec: Dolby AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192 kb/s @ 48KHz
Runtime per Part: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Number of Parts: 1
Part Size: 1120 MB (1/4 DVDR)
Encoded by: PolarBear


Release Notes

Subtitles
English subs hard-coded to video

Extra Information
Buy the DVD here: http://www.moviesunlimited.com/musite/product.asp?sku=D73988
IMBD (8.1/10) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0391857/


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