Origin: USA | Documentary | Director: Anne Paxton | 107 minutes

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Pressure Points: Israel, Berkeley and the Divestment Resolution

Anne Paxton 2008 docu 60 min.

The University of California at Berkeley was recently witness to one of the
first extended public debates in the United States over institutional
divestment from companies invested in Israel's occupation and military.
With access to all the major protagonists, Anne Paxton's documentary
chronicles what was a hugely contentious debate, involving not just the
Berkeley student body, but also Israeli diplomats, renowned scholars,
campaign and lobby organisations, and Palestinian witnesses. Combining
interviews with documentation from committee proceedings and footage from
Palestine, Pressure Points relates the divestment initiative to a history
of U.S. social justice movements, including the Free Speech Movement and
antiapartheid campaigns.