OBJECTOR: From an Israeli rite of passage to a battle for human rights
April 27, 2025
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
The Latchis
50 Main St. Brattleboro VT 05301
Like all Israeli youth, Atalya is obligated to become a soldier. Unlike most, she questions the practices of her country’s military – and becomes determined to challenge this rite of passage. Despite her family’s political disagreements and personal concerns, she refuses military duty and is imprisoned for her dissent. Her courage moves those around her to reconsider their own moral positions and personal power.
A beautiful, moving story about one young woman’s life-changing journey, OBJECTOR (2019) is about Atalya and it is also about her family, her peers, her government, and her Palestinian neighbors. It is a film that brings us a view of Israel that Western media does not cover: Israeli war resistance.
OBJECTOR follows Atalya to prison and beyond, offering a window into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspective of a young woman who takes a stand for justice.
The screening of OBJECTOR will be followed by a special video statement from Atalya herself, and a conversation with Shalva Wise (Associate Producer / Impact Coordinator of the film) and Clare Morgana Gillis, PhD. of the Windham World Affairs Council.
Ticket sales will help bring Atalya (now Media Coordinator of Refuser Solidarity Network) to the U.S. this September (2025) for an East Coast/Midwest tour that strengthens our collective ability to counter rising violence and repression with rising solidarity and interconnection.
For more information contact Doris Tennant at:
dorisftennant@gmail.com
Tickets will be sold at the door.
