Occupied Pleasures

"'Occupied Pleasures' presents a nuanced, multi-dimensional portrayal of humanity's ability to find pleasure in the face of trying circumstances in Occuped West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza. Occuped Pleasures straddles passive and active meanings: to be occupied under Israel, and to occupy onself, joyfully and definately, in pastime and simple pleaures. More than four million Palestinians live in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, where the political situation regularly intrudes upon the most mundane of moments. Movement is circumscribed and threat of violence often hangs overhead. This creates the strongest of desires for the smallest of pleasures, and a sharp sense of humour about the absurdities that a 47-year occupation has produced."