Saturday February 17 * 4pm * Free / donation * RSVP

Join Rhizome DC and Takoma Families for Ceasefire for a screening of The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States. 

Over the past few years, Israel’s ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world—except the United States. The Occupation of the American Mind takes an eye-opening look at this critical exception, zeroing in on pro-Israel public relations efforts within the US. Narrated by Roger Waters and featuring leading observers of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and US media culture, the film explores how the Israeli government, the US government, and the pro-Israel lobby have joined forces, often with very different motives, to shape American media coverage of the conflict in Israel’s favor. From the US-based public relations campaigns that emerged in the 1980s to today, the film provides a sweeping analysis of Israel’s decades-long battle for the hearts, minds, and tax dollars of the American people in the face of widening international condemnation of its increasingly right-wing policies.