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Gilad Shait: 2 Years in Captivity
at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Film screenings:
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
- San Francisco
Saturday, August 1, 2009
- Palo Alto
Sunday, August 2, 2009 -
Berkeley

Aviva and Noam Shalit campaign to free their son Gilad, captured by Gazan militants on June 25, 2006. “The sky collapsed,” says Aviva, who reads a parable about a fish and a shark becoming friends that Gilad wrote in fifth grade. “In the Middle East, every side thinks it is the fish, but now Gilad is the fish, and I hope he managed to form friendly ties, and that eventually we will all be friends.” One of the kidnappers and the mother of a Palestinian prisoner held by Israel are also interviewed.

—Alon Raab

Directed by Irit Gal

2008 | Israel, USA | color | 50 min

Screened with Chronicle of a Kidnap

Get more details and online tickets.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 4:45 pm

Castro Theatre
429 Castro Street, San Francisco - map

Saturday, August 1, 2009 - 4:00 pm

CineArts @ Palo Alto Square
3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto - map

Sunday, August 2, 2009 - 1:15 pm

Roda Theatre at the Berkeley Rep
2025 Addison Street, Berkeley - map