Introduction by and Q&A session with Layal
Ftouni (Gender Studies, UU)
Taking a cue from Albert Camus'
epistolary essay "Letters to a German Friend," in Letter to a
Refusing Pilot, Zaatari conducts both an investigation and a stirring
tribute to an act of resistance (or forbearance) that marked his childhood
memories: the refusal of an Israeli pilot to bomb a boys' high school on June
6, 1982 in south Lebanon. Oscillating between documentary, essay and fiction,
this elegant and multi-layered film and installation combine personal and
archival documents as it seeks to recuperate historical truth from the annals
of personal reminiscence, laced with both enchantment and fear. Framed like a
coming-of-age filled with wonderment and insuperable curiosity, Letter
to a Refusing Pilot humanizes a personal gesture in face of a greater
conflict.
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