Checkpoint XviD AC3 (www mvgroup org)

Checkpoint (2003)



Information
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

Further Information

• Buy the DVD here
• IMBD (8.1/10)

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• Palestine is Still the Issue
• Beirut to Bosnia
• The Birth of Israel
• Occupation 101
• Victory for Us is to See You Suffer

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
Subtitles: Hard-coded to the video

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