BUDRUS (Julia Bacha, U.S./Palestine/Israel). 82 minutes. Subtitled.
Sunday (May 2), 4 pm, Isabel Bader Monday (May 3), 7:15 pm, ROM. Rating: NNNN
Budrus demonstrates that non-violent demonstrations can still work. Julia Bacha’s film recounts the resistance against the Israeli government’s plan to plow through Palestinian olive groves and erect an imposing wall. The irony is that the wall, meant to protect citizens by separation, managed to unify Palestinians and the Israelis who rallied to their cause.
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The film occasionally suffers from selective editing and zooms in too close as if to avoid a bigger picture. However, you can’t help but be moved by in-the-moment ground-zero footage that shows picketers squaring off against armed soldiers.
