Boston Palestine Film Festival 2008

A group of Jewish-Israeli activists break one of the country’s most sacred taboos: they cross into the occupied territories to join the non-violent Palestinian resistance to the occupation. They are the most radical leftist group in Israel. “Enraged” follows four activists as they bring food into Palestinian villages under curfew, tear down parts of the separation barrier, and serve as human shields trying to protect Palestinian demonstrators from Israeli soldiers.

The heroes of “Enraged” pay a heavy price for their actions. At home in Israel they are ostracized by their own society; in Palestine, they endure a similar fate to that of the Palestinians—they are beaten, sprayed with tear-gas, and shot at with rubber-coated bullets. One such bullet hits one of the film’s main characters in the head, permanently impairing his eyesight. “Enraged” exposes a face of the Israeli left that is rarely seen or talked about.

“Enraged” premiered at the Haifa International Film Festival last October, was broadcast several times on Israeli TV and was shown in theaters in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Eyal Eithcowich studied film and screen writing at New York University and HB Studio in New York. In addition to Enraged, he's directed a short fiction titled Practicing Bitterness and is currently working on his new documentary, City for All.

Anarchists Against the Wall activist Matan Cohen will be present at the screening at Clark University in Worcester.