The Jahalin

A young Israeli woman made this compelling personal documentary about a Bedouin family on the West Bank. She grew up thinking there was no human life in the beautiful expanse of desert outside her window. But when she learns of the imminent expulsion of Bedouin people from their traditional home just a few kilometers away, she decides to visit them and hear about their hopes and fears and their struggle against the Israeli government. The filmmaker’s view of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is changed as she comes to grips with a reality that had been hidden from her when she was a child.

Born USA, 1969 Raised and educated in Jerusalem, Israel. RECENT EDUCATION: 1996-1999: Completed a BA in Film and Video at the London College of Printing School of Media. FILMS: 2001 "The Hidden Children", researcher. Documentary for the History Channel about the effects of being a hidden child in the Holocaust. "Distant Voices", editor. A mythical witch-mother returns to the Kurdish village she has left centuries before. 1999 "The Jahalin", co-director/producer. A 29-minute documentary about a Bedouin Tribe facing eviction from their desert valley home. "Dusk", editor. A visual poem in memory of a lost Kurdistan. Graduation film, London College of Printing. 1998 "Diary of a Work in Progress", co-director/producer. A ten minute video about the plight of the Jahalin Bedouin; London College of Printing. 1997 "Owari", co-scriptwriter/editor. A short film based on an African legend; London College of Printing. 1996 "Tsipor Hanefesh". A short animation; Betzalel Acadeny of Arts, Jerusalem., Born London, 1966. Raised and schooled in London, Malawi, and Zambia. RECENT EDUCATION: 1996-1999: Completed a BA degree in Film and Video at the London College of Printing School of Media. FILMOGRAPHY: 2000 "Matzben", cinematographer. A documentary about a radical Israeli leftist group from the '60's. "Justice Denied - The Story of Hayder Abd al-Shafi", cinematographer. A profile of the Chief negotiator at the Israeli/Palestine Peace talks in Madrid. 1999 "The Jahalin", co-director/cinematographer. A documentary about a Bedouin Tribe facing eviction from their desert valley home. 1998 "There Will Be a Popcorn Factory", cinemtographer. A documentary about a multiplex cinema coming to Hackney. 1997 "Men", director. A documentary about masculine identities. 1996 "White", director. A short docudrama about a woman suffering from a radically determined psychological breakdown.