West Bank Story - To Serve AND Feed People #LoveWins (Award Winning Gaza Love Story)

West Bank Story is a comedy/musical short film parody of the classic musical film West Side Story (an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet). David, an Israeli soldier, and Fatima, a Palestinian fast food cashier - an unlikely couple who fall in love amidst the animosity of their families' dueling falafel (food) stands in the West Bank.

Tensions mount when the Kosher King's new pastry machine juts onto Hummus Hut property. The Palestinians ruin the machine and the Israelis respond by building a wall between the two eating establishments.

The couple professes their love for each other, triggering a chain of events that ultimately portray how one side who wants to feed people and the other side who want to serve people, can accomplish both... together... seeds of hope and change planted!

Filmed on a Santa Clarita, California ranch, this short premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and was screened at numerous additional film festivals across the world, garnering several awards. In 2007, at the 79th Academy Awards, it won the Oscar in the category Best Live Action Short Film.

Directed by Ari Sandel, co-written by Sandel and Kim Ray, produced by Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ashley Jordan, Ravi Malhotra, Bill Boland, and featuring choreography by Ramon Del Barrio. The film stars Ben Newmark as the IDF soldier, Noureen DeWulf as the Palestinian cashier, A.J. Tannen as the Israeli restaurant owner, and Joey Naber as his Palestinian rival. All credits go to: http://www.westbankstory.com Re-share via Creative Commons (education, art, peace)

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