Tal Barda | Canada, 2024, 90'
From Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp, to the University of Toronto and the Supreme Court of Israel, I Shall Not Hate follows the uncharted path of Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, The first Palestinian doctor that worked in an Israeli hospital delivering babies, whose ethos of forgiveness and reconciliation is put to the ultimate test when an Israeli tank bombs his house, killing his three daughters. Against all odds, he turns his tragedy into a global campaign to eradicate hate, delivering his message in English, Arabic and Hebrew. He is quoted by former US president Barack Obama and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. But Dr. Abuelaish remains haunted by grief, and convinced that to honour his daughters, he must hold the Israeli government accountable for the unprovoked attack that decimated his family. Following the Hamas attack on october 7th, and the war on Gaza oversince, the doctor's journey becomes even more fateful to the possibility to imagine a future for Palestinians and Israelis. I Shall Not Hate is a letter of tolerance from a deeply inspiring man with a message as urgent as ever.
Tal Barda is a French American documentary filmmaker and producer born and raised in Jerusalem. Tal is a winner of the Greenhouse film program and SIMA (Global impact media awards), a grantee of The Tribeca film fund for her films. Her diverse repertoire of filmographic projects was screened worldwide at international festivals and cinemas around the world. Tal has worked with international broadcasters among them: HBO, ARTE, BBC, CBC, ZDF, and IKON. Tal’s latest project is a 3 part Doc-series called Criminal file 512 which became the most viewed doc on Israeli TV in 2022.
