Both of these docs are essential, as is the new Fault Lines short
Starving Gaza and especially
The Night Won't End, a remarkable and unforgettable film.
That said, I share the sentiment that those who need to watch stuff like this mostly won't, and the rest of us aren't morally obligated to do so. I understand not wanting to repeatedly subject yourself to vicarious trauma. We could debate the value of "bearing witness", but for me it's not really a choice; I would feel even worse looking away. And even though I was already well aware what's what, I've still learned so much about the Palestinian struggle in the last year, including from these films.
I've spent most of my adult life wrestling with the gulf between the world I want to live in and the dispositional or physical limitations on my ability to help bring it about, but never more so than this last year. Besides going to protests, I've mainly been educating / propagandizing my friends and family with media like this. None of them are rabid Zionists, but many are normies or potentially susceptible to "it's complicated" hasbara, or their social circles include such people. All of them have shown significant shifts in attitudes, and in some cases action. Obviously none of this amounts to a hill of beans, but it's the only thing keeping me from losing what's left of my mind.
Curry Pervert wrote:
Some groups in the UK have been successful in shutting down weapons factories. Might only be for a day or two mostly, but one of Elbit Systems factories has shut down altogether.
BDS Boston has also managed to
drive Elbit out of Cambridge, seemingly for good.