Boston Palestine Film Festival 2008

Gaza Strip follows a range of people and events following the election of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, including the first major armed incursion into "Area A" by IDF forces during this intifada. Almost entirely in a verité style, Gaza Strip is presented without narration and focuses on ordinary Palestinians rather than politicians and pundits. More observation than political argument, Gaza Strip offers a rare look inside the stark realities of Palestinian life and death under Israeli military occupation.

James Longley was born in the Oregon in 1972 and received a film education at the University of Rochester, Wesleyan University and the Russian Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow. James received the Student Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his short documentary, Portrait of Boy with Dog. Gaza Strip, his first feature documentary, was produced on location during the spring of 2001.