Cecilia Parsberg, artist and active in Bwana Club, is especially interested in questions related to defining boarders, and the role of art in social processes. A lot of her work has been done in South Africa, on the Palestinian West bank and in Sweden. She is coming to Clandestino to show her latest film, A heart of Jenin. In 2002 she went to Jenin. This was right after the massacre and Jenin was then closed off to international scrutiny. In the autumn of 2005, she went back and met some relatives of a boy who had been shot by an Israeli sniper. He was taken to Haifa in Israel in a coma before passing away there.

The film, that will be shown at this Clandestino Talk, tells the story of the boy’s parents, who decide to donate their son’s organs to needy Israelis as a message of peace to the world. Questions that are raised in the film will be discussed; such as the possibility that the role of artistic work could make any difference in the conflict between Palestine and Israel.

Catharina Thörn

The film has earlier been showed at the Bildmuseet in Umeå. The lecture is arranged in co-operation with the cultural journal, Glänta. For article see Eurocine.