Great British Islam

Great British Islam reveals the long and sometimes dramatic history of the Islamic presence in the UK. Compelling stories and dynamic characters will illuminate each period in history and the narrative is interwoven with insights in to the contribution Muslims have made in social and cultural spheres, including politics, business and the arts. This film will be presented by Anila Baig, The Sun’s ‘Our Woman in a Headscarf’, who will travel to Muslim communities across Britain, meeting religious leaders, politicians, businessmen, community representatives whilst interacting generally with local people.

http://forum.mpacuk.org/showthread.php?3982-1-2-watch-Great-British-Islam

 

Gaza The Killing Zone

Life in Gaza is a constant gauntlet of Israeli sniper fire, military rockets and army bulldozers. No one is safe. In light of the escalating tensions, we’re bringing back one our most moving documentaries, a hard-hitting expose of life in the Occupied territories. We speak to the children caught in the crossfire and find out the true cost of Israel’s targeted assassinations policy.

Deir Yassin Remembered

Early in the morning of April 9, 1948, commandos of the Irgun (headed by Menachem Begin) and the Stern Gang attacked Deir Yassin, a village with about 750 Palestinian residents.  The village lay outside of the area to be assigned by the United Nations to the Jewish State; it had a peaceful reputation. But it was located on high ground in the corridor between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Deir Yassin was slated for occupation under Plan Dalet and the mainstream Jewish defense force, the Haganah, authorized the irregular terrorist forces of the Irgun and the Stern Gang to perform the takeover.

http://www.deiryassin.org/

Deadline Iraq – Uncensored Stories of the War

Deadline Iraq: Uncensored Stories of the War, produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Company for local television in November 2003 (but still unaired in the United States), examines the invasion and initial occupation of Iraq from the perspective of fifty journalists, cameramen, and photographers. Many journalists and their video crews were “embedded” with the military during the invasion of Iraq, but some, working for Western European news organizations, chose to take a more dangerous route to obtaining new about the war, either remaining in Iraq despite warning from the United States or Great Britain to leave the country, or by slipping behind Iraqi lines after the war began. For embedded reporters, the military set rules that restricted what they could cover and what they could report. More importantly, experience with combat troops also served to undermine the ability of journalists to report the war objectively, often resulting in self-censorship.

http://www.movie-vault.com/reviews/deadline-iraq-uncensored-stories-of-the-war/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1878900/

Dead in the Water – The Sinking of the USS Liberty

A very good documentary the video quality in the compressed versions is still quite good and downloads are fast. Dead in the water The Sinking of the USS Liberty is produced by the BBC.

During the Six-Day War, Israel attacked and nearly sank the USS Liberty belonging to its closest ally, the USA. Thirty-four American servicemen were killed in the two-hour assault by Israeli warplanes and torpedo boats. Israel claimed that the whole affair had been a tragic accident based on mistaken identification of the ship. The American government accepted the explanation.

Breaking the Silence – Pilger

Award-winning journalist John Pilger investigates the discrepancies between American and British claims for the ‘war on terror’ and the facts on the ground as he finds them in Afghanistan and Washington, DC.

In 2001, as the bombs began to drop, George W. Bush promised Afghanistan “the generosity of America and its allies”. Now, the familiar old warlords are regaining power, religious fundamentalism is renewing its grip and military skirmishes continue routinely. In “liberated” Afghanistan, America has its military base and pipeline access, while the people have the warlords who are, says one woman, “in many ways worse than the Taliban”.

http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/break.html

http://johnpilger.com/videos/breaking-the-silence-truth-and-lies-in-the-war-on-terror

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389817/