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This blog will try to report the different stages of the first Video Workshop in Battir.

Battir is a village located near Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Famous for its millenary watering system, Battir succeeded in preserving its precious environment despite all the hurdles of the political situation.

Always creative in its resistance, when the village came aware that the separation barrier would threaten to ruin the landscape, several inhabitants came up with the idea of mapping the territory and to show the cultural and agricultural wealth of Battir.
They eventually won the Melina Mercouri prize with the project of the ECOmuseum and managed to get the protection of the UNESCO lately.

In this context, the youth of Battir has to face many problems like unemployment as one of the numerous consequences to live under a military control. The video workshop will try to help them expressing themselves with short films of all kinds.

This blog will report the process and hope you enjoy sharing it.

The VideoWorkshopTeam.