Monday, September 25, 6:45 p.m.
The Little Theatre, #5
240 East Ave Rochester, NY 14604
Film Type & Length: Documentary, 85 min.
Produced by: The Media Education Foundation
Panelist: Melanie Duguid-May will join us in the theater
Israel’s ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world – except the United States. A CNN/ORC poll, conducted in July of 2014 showed that only four in 10 Americans believed that Israel was using too much force against the population of Gaza.
The Occupation of the American Mind takes an eye-opening look at this critical exception, zeroing in on pro-Israel public relations efforts within the U.S. Narrated by Roger Waters and featuring leading observers of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and U.S. media culture, the film explores how the Israeli government, the U.S. government, and the pro-Israel lobby have joined forces, often with very different motives, to shape American media coverage of the conflict in Israel’s favor. From the U.S.-based public relations campaigns that emerged in the 1980s to today, the film provides a sweeping analysis of Israel’s decades-long battle for the hearts, minds, and tax dollars of the American people in the face of widening international condemnation of its increasingly right-wing policies.
This film is a production of The Media Education Foundation (MEF), a Massachusetts-based organization that produces and distributes educational films about the social, cultural, and political impact of American mass media.
Narrator ROGER WATERS, is an English rock musician, singer-songwriter, and composer. He is best known as the bass player, co-lead vocalist, lyricist, and principal songwriter in the rock band Pink Floyd. Over the last few years, he has emerged as a prominent advocate for Palestinian human rights.
– See more at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5588304/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl