Tag: Gaza
Gilad Atzmon: Gaza - Breaking Point / followed by Live Jazza
by Jason Bosch on Jun.25, 2010, under Events, Music, Speaking
World Renowned Jazz Saxophonist and
Ex-Israeli Anti-Zionist Gilad Atzmon
Talk and Performance
Thursday, July 1
Talk: 7:00 PM
Jazz: 9:00 PM
Mercury Cafe
2199 California St, Denver
$10-20 suggested donation
Gilad Atzmon is one of the world’s best Jazz saxophonists and he is also of the world’s most outspoken critics of Zionism. Born secular of Jewish identity within Israel, Gilad served as a paramedic in the Israeli Defense Forces during the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. This experience caused him to come to the belief that he “was part of a colonial state, the result of plundering and ethnic cleansing.” He left Israel and devoted his life to jazz and politics.
Tonight Gilad will be in Denver talking about Israeli war crimes against the 1.5 million residents imprisoned within the 139 square mile Gaza strip. In December 2008 Israel engaged in all out war against the mostly civilian population using illegal weapons such as white phosphorus. After the initial assault Israel spent the next year and a half engaging in sporadic attacks as well as a crippling blockade preventing necessary food, medical, and building supplies from entering. Aid caravans and boats have been turned back and even attacked. The latest flotilla attack in international waters is but the latest example of Israel’s belligerent violence.
Following his talk on Gaza Gilad will be doing a live jazz performance with several of Denver’s top musicians. Gilad has played with artists Sinead O’Conner, Robbie Williams, and Paul McCartney, among others.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see and hear the Jazz of Gilad Atzmon!
Performing with Gilad are:
Andy Weyl - Piano
Mark Diamond - Bass
Chris Lee - Drums
The Killing Zone
by Jason Bosch on Nov.04, 2009, under Events, Film
The Killing Zone
Monday, November 23
7:00 PM
Hooked on Colfax
3215 E. Colfax Ave, Denver
$5 suggested donation or 1 hour volunteer
The Killing Zone was originally broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 on 5/19/06 and shockingly revealed the daily violence and murder by the Israeli occupiers in the Gaza Strip.
Most revealing were the attacks against internationals like Rachel Corrie - an American peace activist who was crushed to death by an IDF bulldozer; Tom Hurndall - a British peace protester who was shot in the head by an IDF sniper and remained in a coma until his death on January 13, 2004, and James Miller - a British cameraman who was shot dead by the IDF while displaying a white flag. If these internationals were so ruthlessly murdered, what is it like for the Palestinians who live there?
This film is a must see for anyone wishing to understand the true nature of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
The Israeli Massacre in Gaza
by Jason Bosch on Feb.23, 2009, under Events, Film
The Israeli Massacre in Gaza
Thursday, February 26
7:00 PM
Mercury Cafe
2199 California St, Denver
$5 suggested donation or 1 hour volunteer
On January 13, 2009 an emergency town hall meeting was held in New York City in response to Israel’s siege on Gaza. Tonight ArgusFest will be showing clips from this informative urgent event.
Speakers include:
Chris Hedges - Pulitzer prize winning journalist, former New York Times Mideast Bureau Chief, author of many books including Collateral Damage: America’s War Against Iraqi Civilians
Cynthia McKinney- 2008 presidential candidate, who was on a Free Gaza Movement boat bearing aid for Gaza that was fired upon by the Israeli Navy on December 29, 2008
Alan Goodman - writer for Revolution newspaper, whose most recent article is “Invoking the Holocaust to Silence Criticism of Israel’s Crimes? NEVER AGAIN!”
Adam Shapiro- human rights activist and documentary filmmaker, and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement
Peter Weiss- Vice President, Center for Constitutional Rights
Najla Said- playwright and actor, performing an excerpt from her play PALESTINE about a visit to Gaza in early 1980s with her father Edward Said and family
Checkpoint
by Jason Bosch on Jan.10, 2009, under Events, Film
CheckPoint
Wednesday, January 14
7:00 PM
Hooked on Colfax
3215 E. Colfax Ave, Denver
$5 donation andor 1 hour volunteer
Over three million Palestinians live in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli military authority since 1967. Israeli director Yoav Shamir documents the impact of the enforced boundaries known as “checkpoints” on the Israeli border guards drafted to monitor them and the Palestinian citizens who must pass through them daily. Shot in a cinema verite style, a style of documentary filmmaking that stresses unbiased realism, the film shows these anonymous, one-time encounters between both sides and the lasting political, social and cultural effects. CHECKPOINT gives a chilling look at the destructive impact on both societies.
Ramzy Baroud: the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza.
by Jason Bosch on Jan.09, 2009, under Blog, Zionism
Here is a video I filmed of Ramzy Baroud, the editor of The Palestine Chronicle. Ramzy passionately speaks about the humanitarian crisis affecting 1.4 million Palestinians caused by Israel’s blockade of the Gaza strip keeping food, medical supplies, fuel and other necessities from entering. I filmed this in Boulder, Colorado on April 28, 2008. As of the writing of this post Israel was still blockading Gaza with increasing strickness turning away a convoy carrying medicine and causing the UN to close aid centers.
Ramzy Baroud: The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza from Jason Bosch on Vimeo.
Gaza Strip
by Jason Bosch on Jan.02, 2009, under Events, Film
Gaza Strip
Wednesday, January 7
7:00 PM
Hooked on Colfax
3215 E. Colfax Ave, Denver
$5 donation andor 1 hour volunteer
In January of 2001, American director James Longley traveled to the Gaza Strip. His plan was to stay for two weeks to collect preliminary material for a documentary film on the Palestinian Intifada. It was during his stay that Ariel Sharon was elected as Israeli Prime Minister. As violence erupted around him, Longley threw away his return ticket and filmed for the next three months, acquiring nearly 75 hours of footage. Gaza Strip, his first feature documentary, is an extraordinary and painful journey into the lives of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip struggling with the day-to-day trials of the Israeli occupation. Filmed in verité style and without narration, Gaza Strip at last gives voice to a population largely ignored by mainstream media.
