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It’s the Launch of the Israel/Palestine Film Project!
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The Plan
A two week expedition extravaganza of eight to ten DF’s and young kinsfolk, in the summer of 2011 to Israel and Palestine.1
Why?
To make a documentary film about their experience and the effects of the conflict between Israel and Palestine on young people in the area. The project, which will climax in this epic trip, will follow an amazing eighteen-month programme incorporated into every event you attend! It will build on the fundamental aspects of woodcraft ethos; human rights, equality peace, and the empowerment of young people.
What will this film be used for?
This film will be accessible to all woodcraft groups and, as an online resource and can be used for whatever you want it to be used for!
So far the plan is to have a series of workshops at the events following the trip but we are hoping it will be used much more as well.
For example you could use it for:
- Group nights.
- Regional/district campaigns.
- You will be even able to watch it at home.
It will deal specifiacly with the Israel/Palestine conflict but can also be used as an example of more general global conflicts or as an insight into a very different culture.
Tell us more!
Of course. We aim to please…
The run up
We have a year and a half for this so it has time to be realy realy cool. It will also be flexible… if you want a specific, related workshop then we will aim to make it happen. If you want help organising a related event for your group or district we are here for you! If you are doing so to raise money for the project then we will love you forever. Remember, this is your project, you get to decide what we do!
To give you some ideas, this is what we have come up with so far…
Workshops at all events!
Starting this Spring Awakening we will be running a workshop in communication and interview skills. This will tie in a bit with the workshops run by MESTUP but will focus more on how to ask people possible sensitive questions that aren’t going to be kept confidential. It will be essential for the people that do travel to Palestine but also realy usefull for everyone else as it is basically a workshop in how not to put your foot in it.
Other workshops we want to run are:
- Documentary film making for dummies for dummies
- Current conflicts world wide
- Human rights
Speakers at all events!
We are trying to get a speaker from IFM to come and give a talk. It is through the IFM that we have been able to contact affiliated youth groups in both Israel and Palestine and it would be great to hear some of their experiences about working with these groups and visiting the country. Plus, its always nice to have a visit from IFM members because they are all lovely.
The Whole Messy History. What is the Israel/Palestine conflict? Who started it? Why cant it be resolved? We shall be discussing these questions with various guest speakers at upcoming events and trying to clue ourselves up a bit.
Anything else you want? (Josh don’t make us regret this please)
3)FILMS (all events) to shock delight and educate.
a) What do you think is relevant? To the subject, to the project, to workshops etc.
Anything else you want to see at events? Cultural day? (Israeli/Palestinian food for example… bring on the humus/ falafel)
Organisational Build up
THE TEAM
- Will consist of 8 young people (18-25) who will take part in several team building weekends, eight people in a hostel learning to hold a camera the right way up without arguing…how could it go wrong
- Of course, the epic trip to an amazing area of the globe, experiencing new cultures and meeting incredible people(s) trip of a life time (defiantly, no doubt about it…honest)
- Make an awesome film and work with international organisations
THE ORGANISATION CTTEE
If you ever want to be involved in international work, at all, you’ll get involved in this!
The cttee. will be learning how:
- To finance a trip abroad
- How to apply for grants
- Organise fundraising events
- Smile sweetly at the woodcraft treasurer
- Work with translators
- Learn the logistics of sending a delegation to an occupied country.
- Compromise between economical and environmental travel
- Learn how to organise an epic crescendo and aftermath to a brilliant project.
Summary
This is going to be one of the biggest single projects that DF’s has ever organised and it has the potential to be absolutely, mind-blowingly, out of this world fantastic. BUT, it is going to need lots of dedicated people working on it to make it happen. The Israel/ Palestine conflict has been going on for generations now. It has created massive discrimination between two cultures and had a massive political impact globally. Both Israel and Palestine have youth movements affiliated with the IFM and young people that want to see social change in their countries. These are the young people that are going to change the current politics of the countries and we are the generation that is going to bring about that change.
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Jessie
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Anon
