Film: Palestinian 'Women in Struggle'

In a new one-hour documentary, four Palestinian women tell their stories of withstanding unimaginably brutal torture and long years of imprisonment by Israel for the "crime" of wanting to free their people and their land from the U.S.-backed Israeli state. "Women in Struggle" was made by Palestinian filmmaker Buthina Canaan Khoury.

Pelestinian holds photo of her martyred daughter.

The women, who were imprisoned at different times since the 1970s, talk about their experiences against the background of the difficulties and suffering of daily life today for the Palestinian people-- including the long lines to go through Israeli army checkpoints and the huge apartheid wall being built.

More than 7,600 Palestinian political prisoners are currently being detained by Israel and 108 of them are women. Filmmaker Khoury discussed their plight at the International Action Center in New York after a showing of the film on March 1. The standing-room crowd was moved, outraged and inspired.

Khoury is currently touring the U.S. showing "Women in Struggle." For the schedule of showings see www.womeninstruggle.com.