<<I have used CNN's,  Impact of Terror that focuses on
the survivors and victims' families in dealing with
the aftermath of a terrorist attack. This was the
suicide bombing of Sbarro's Pizza Parlor in Israel
where many children were killed. It's very powerful;
students react very strongly to this documentary.>>

This film Karen has suggested may also be useful in
tandem to "Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land"
in one other respect as well.  In the latter film,
there is a section on the media coverage of the
innocent victims of both Jews and Palestinians; the
only problem is that the death of the young
Palestinians killed by the Israelis is nowhere to be
seen in the American media.  The point is to get the
students to analyze critically the media
representation of violence, where the suffering of one
group is humanized while the suffering of another
group is hidden from the public.  My students are
always stunned to find out how the humanization of one
side is largely made at the expense of the
dehumanization of the other.  Putting these two films
together sounds like it will bring forth that point
more clearly.

Khaldoun

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