A documentary filmed in late 2005 that brings the viewer close to the living conditions and unresolved problems for Palestinian refugees in the Lebanon camps. Viewers see the camps with a focus on the issues of health, unemployment, education and the cultural memory of this community of refugees expelled in 1948 and 1967 from their homes in historic Palestine. Producer: Red Hill Films Alternate Focus is available on the Dish Network, Free Speech TV, Channel 9415, Saturdays at 8:00pm EST and on cable stations near you. Check website for details.

A documentary filmed in late 2005 that brings the viewer close to the living conditions and unresolved problems for Palestinian refugees in the Lebanon camps. Viewers see the camps with a focus on the issues of health, unemployment, education and the cultural memory of this community of refugees expelled in 1948 and 1967 from their homes in historic Palestine. Alternate Focus is available on the Dish Network, Free Speech TV, Channel 9415, Saturdays at 8:00pm EST and on cable stations near you. Check website for details.

A film that showcases the different issues important to practicing democracy at this divided time. Ordinary Americans in all our neighborhoods are stepping up to defend and polish a delicate democracy under attack by the current resident of the White House and his allies.

A film that showcases the different issues important to practicing democracy at this divided time. Ordinary Americans in all our neighborhoods are stepping up to defend and polish a delicate democracy under attack by the current resident of the White House and his allies.

Pete Seeger from his cabin, home in Beacon, NY reflects his position on War. He does this with Iraqi war veteran Chris Miller. The video was made for the Winter Soldier Movement. Camera: Andrew Courtney http://andrewcourtneyphotography.com

The American occupation of Iraq has had catastrophic costs for the Iraqi people, destroying their everyday lives, their security their future. The UNHCR estimates that 5 million Iraqis were displaced by the war. More than 1.3 million Iraqis were living in Syria, many of them in neighborhoods of Damascus. i journeyed to Damascus in 2008 to collect interviews with some of these Iraqi refugees, returning six months later for followup interviews. Ikhlass is one Iraqi survivor with her two young daughters. Ihklass recounts the tragic story that determined her fate as a refugee, and speaks out against the American occupiers who destroyed her world. This surviving small family continues to seek resettlement in a third country.

The New York Volunteer Construction Brigade travels to Nicaragua in 1984 to help build houses and community buildings, in solidarity and friendship with the people of Nicaragua. Thirty volunteers led by a Westchester Peoples Action Coalition (WESPAC) team built the Casa Comunal in Barrio Edgard Mungia, and a school in Barrio Bello Amanacer, Managua, Nicaragua. Running Time: 1 Hour Film and editing: Andrew Courtney http://www.AndrewCourtneyPhotography.com

This film is made during a time in Palestine when the “Wall” that separates Palestinians from each other and from Israelis was one quarter completed. The film offers the viewer a perspective from seven diverse and ordinary Palestinians whose lives are directly affected by the wall. You will meet a businessman from Abu Dis (a neighborhood of East Jerusalem), a young mother from Deheishe Refugee Camp near Bethlehem, a music student from Ramallah, a community center director from Jerusalem’s Old City, a farmer from the northern Qalqilya district, the director of the Stop the Wall campaign, and a member of the African/Palestinian community. You will witness the effects of the separation barrier on the Palestinian people. Red Hill Films Total Running Time: 43 Minutes http://andrewcourtneyphotography.com

Ali Jiddah from his apartment in the African Palestinian quarter of Jerusalems Old City tells his personal story of arrest, prison and what life is like under Israeli occupation. Red Hill Films Total Running Time: 24 minutes 2004 More Info: http://andrewcourtneyphotography.com