Line Halvorsen
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Line Halvorsen is a Norwegian film maker. She was educated at the University of Trondheim and in the documentary film department at Volda University College
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She has directed and edited more than 20 documentaries and travel films since 1997. Halvorsen lived in Bethlehem
in the West Bank
from 2002 until 2004. During that time she wrote, edited and directed the award-winning documentary A Stone's Throw Away (2003) about the lives of three young Palestinian children. In 2004, she moved to the United States where she made USA vs Al-Arian (2007) about the trial and imprisonment of Sami al-Arian
. After a six month trial in 2005, the jury found Al-Arian not guilty of raising funds for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Her other film credits include:
Volda University College
Volda University College is a høgskole, a Norwegian state institution of higher education, in the village of Volda in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was established on 1 August 1994, when the Møre og Romsdal regional college and the Volda Teachers College were merged together...
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She has directed and edited more than 20 documentaries and travel films since 1997. Halvorsen lived in Bethlehem
Bethlehem
Bethlehem is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank of the Jordan River, near Israel and approximately south of Jerusalem, with a population of about 30,000 people. It is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate of the Palestinian National Authority and a hub of Palestinian culture and tourism...
in the West Bank
West Bank
The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...
from 2002 until 2004. During that time she wrote, edited and directed the award-winning documentary A Stone's Throw Away (2003) about the lives of three young Palestinian children. In 2004, she moved to the United States where she made USA vs Al-Arian (2007) about the trial and imprisonment of Sami al-Arian
Sami Al-Arian
Dr. Sami Amin Al-Arian , is a former resident of Temple Terrace, Florida, now living in Northern Virginia, who is a Muslim activist, and former University of South Florida professor of computer engineering...
. After a six month trial in 2005, the jury found Al-Arian not guilty of raising funds for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Her other film credits include:
- Orphan Voices (2002)
- Horsebacking Australia (2000)
- Behind the Scenes 71° North (2000)
External links
- Review of A Stone's Throw Away on ScoopScoop (news website)Scoop.co.nz is a New Zealand internet news site with a readership of 25,000 unique visitors a day, delivering 2,000,000 pages of information per month....
news (New Zealand)