This exclusive screening is accompanied by commentary from the film's director, Ari Sandel, and an oft-heated discussion of the film amongst a group of young Palestinians and Israelis.
Full of dancing, singing and wacky humour, West Bank Story, is a spoof of the classic musical West Side Story. It tells of the forbidden love between David, an Israeli soldier, and Fatima, a Palestinian fast-food cashier. Growing animosity between their families' rival fast-food establishments – Kosher King and Humus Hut – triggers a chain of events that forces the two warring sides to seek common ground.
Tackling a serious issue with immense humour but a limited budget, the young director tries to challenge the stereotypical image of the conflict in the Middle East – one which, to him, seems to present no hope. Sandel wants to show how similar both sides are by reducing the dispute to a battle between two falafel joints.
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