The Radical Imagination Project and partners are pleased to host a screening of The Wanted 18 on January 13, 6pm at the Central Public Library, followed by a discussion with director Paul Cowan and guests.

Through animation, interviews and reenactments, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story: the Israeli army’s pursuit of 18 cows, whose independent milk production on a Palestinian collective farm was declared “a threat to the national security of the state of Israel.” In response to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, a group of people from the town of Beit Sahour decide to buy 18 cows and produce their own milk as a co-operative. Their venture is so successful that the collective farm becomes a landmark, and the cows local celebrities – until the Israeli army takes note and declares that the farm is an illegal security threat. Consequently, the dairy is forced to go underground, the cows continuing to produce their “Intifada milk” with the Israeli army in relentless pursuit.

Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekhTuZpMw54