Confrontation at Concordia (2003)

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

How it feels

This documentary looks at a 2002 protest at Concordia University where student activists stopped a speech by Benjamin Netanyahu. It shows the event from a critical viewpoint and sparked debate and legal action from the student union.

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What happens

Confrontation at Concordia is a documentary film by Martin Himel which documents the 2002 Concordia University Netanyahu riot at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The film chronicles how pro-Palestinian student activists staged a direct action aimed to cancel the former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address on campus. The talk by the prime minister had been organized by Hillel, a Jewish student organization. The documentary portrays the events that took place in a negative light, and reportedly contributed to the ensuing media debate over them. The Concordia Student Union (CSU) responded by taking legal action against its producer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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