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Appreciation Thread: Meet our dedicated team who made #GazaFightsForFreedom possible through tireless, extremely difficult (and often dangerous) work!
Of course we have Director @AbbyMartin & Producer @MikePrysner, who wrote the film together, contributes to editing and obsessed over every second of the film (maybe a little too much) 😊 
Unfortunately our co-producer in Gaza, who we were on the phone with everyday from the day the idea was first proposed, does not want his name or image used because he fears retaliation by the Israeli state. “They will never let me leave Gaza if I do,” he said.
The lead editor is Taylor Gill. He took about 6 hours of protest footage and weaved it into a beautiful and comprehensive experience you must see to understand. Taylor basically lived in our office with us, many times working until 5am out of true dedication to the project
This film would not be what it is were it not for the epic original music score by activist & experimental musician John Prysner (@Anahedron). We’re not sure when he slept! He’d work long shifts with us before going to his graveyard shift at a warehouse. (Soundtrack coming soon!)
Truly heroic videographer Asmaa Attia Hamad put her life on the line so many times to capture the incredible frontline footage in the film. Setting the example of bravery for journalists everywhere
Videographer Moaz Yaser Mousa, master of the steadycam who captured all the epic slow-motion footage. It is art—when we saw it, it’s what made us decide to make this a feature film. Not to mention he was always running *towards* the bullets flying in the protest. Another hero!
Lead Field Producer Abdulkareem Mosleh Ajjour, an indispensable partner in Gaza who tirelessly made all our production requests happen, and found ways to bring you the most incredible stories. Could not have done this without him.
Field Producer Yousef Abd Al-Rahman conducted the interviews Abby was not allowed to conduct due to the Israeli blockade, working with us on questions and bringing the stories to life
Tara Stone was our research assistant, but was so much more—working with us from the very beginning, before we even saw the footage. Her deep dive into the UN reports and international law gave us the idea and information to focus heavily on making the legal case for war crimes
Translator in Gaza, Nour Osama Elborno, took many many hours of interviews and put them into subtitles; a huge part of the film
Artist Ali Reza Yazdanian (@ABCNT1) did the indispensable motion graphic animations depicting victims of Israeli snipers; a beautiful and moving tribute to Great March martyrs.
Activist & filmmaker Ben Huff was our sound editor and re-recording mixer, who mastered the film in riveting 5.1 digital surround sound. You’ll have to catch it in theaters during our tour to truly appreciate what this added to the film
Sara Abusheikh’s cousin was killed by Israeli snipers at Great March in Gaza. We met her at our LA premiere. She & her brother Omar Abusheikh worked with us to revise every single subtitle making it more understandable to American audience. Took the film to a new level of power!
Tim Collins (left) made our main title screens and document animations, and additional motion graphics by Mickey Mole!
Activist and artist Andrew Nance designed all of the incredible promotional materials, movie posters and t-shirts for the film!
Special thanks to @ronnie_barkan, @mikopeled and Richard Becker for providing key pieces of information for the film; and of course all of the donors who made this possible.
We could not have asked for a better team, who rose to meet the challenge of a demanding project. For us it was labor of passion for the issue, but also political urgency—to be not just as educational, but an actual tool to build BDS, charge Israel for war crimes & #FreePalestine
Watch now at Vimeo.com/ondemand/gazaf…
