Fahad Mihyi, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Yulie Cohen, a sixth-generation Israeli, first met in August 1978, when Mihyi pointed a machine gun at the El Al flight attendant in a terrorist attack. Twenty-three years later, in an effort to help break the cycle of violence, Yulie considers writing a letter in support of Mihyi's parole, thus thrusting herself into the turbulent world of Middle East politics. Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Jerusalem International Film Festival, and nominated for the Silver Wolf award at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, My Terrorist asks hard questions about the meaning of forgiveness and hate, the inevitability of violence and, just possibly, about the chance of reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis.
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Yulie Cohen Director
United States release June 21, 2003
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English
Release dates
Israel · January 1, 2002
United States · June 21, 2003
Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Canada
March 5, 2003
Denmark
March 30, 2003 · NatFilm Festival
Finland
March 26, 2003
Iran
April 29, 2002 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 22, 2002 · IDFA Festival
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