Jennifer Jo Utz




	Jennifer Utz: Traditional forms of media are finding second homes and new audiences on the web Interview with Jennifer Utz on International Journalists' Network (IJNET) >> Read the interview

	American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein Supervising Producer and Cinematographer American Radical is a probing documentary about American academic Norman Finkelstein. Delving into both sides of the ideological spectrum, the film explores his life as both a devoted son of Holocaust survivors and an ardent critic of Israeli and US Mid-East policy. The film premiered in NYC in February 2010 to a packed house. It has been reviewed by the New York Times, Time Out New York, New York Magazine, Variety, Slate Magazine, and many others.

	HUFFINGTON POST Thousands Race for the Cure at the Pyramids >> Read the post Art and Political Graffiti of the West Bank Separation Wall >> Read the post The Urban Art of Tel Aviv >> Read the post Dennis Kucinich: The Lone Ranger >> Read the post Beyond Arab Stereotypes: My Diary from Damascus >> Read the post The Cult of Nasrallah: Bizarre Hezbollah Propaganda >> Read the post Killing the Messenger: Targeting the Press in Gaza >> Read the post Religious Minorities Under Siege in Iraq >> Read the post Iraqi refugees to government's return offer: "No, thanks." >> Read the post From Baghdad to Brooklyn: My Journey with an Iraqi Refugee >> Read the post

	IT IS WHAT IT IS: CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IRAQ --> May 16-19 at 3-6pm This May 13-16 (2009), Jen will participate in the It Is What Is: Conversations About Iraq at the Hammer Museum in UCLA. British Artist Jerermy Deller has invited a diverse group of individuals—including Iraq war veterans, journalists, scholars, and Iraqi nationals who have first-hand experience of Iraq —to take up residence at the Hammer Museum with the express purpose of encouraging discussion with visitors to the Museum. This object is meant to stimulate dialogue and ground conversations in reality. >> Visit The Website

	HUMANITY EXPLORED FILM FESTIVAL --> December 2010 Iraqi Refugee Stories films featured in the Humanity Explored Film Festival >> Visit the site

	MOTHER JONES MAGAZINE --> March 2009 Iraqi Refugee Stories was featured in Mother Jones Magazine >> Read the post

	UTNE READER --> March/April 2009 Issue THE INVISIBLE IRAQIS Rent has skyrocketed in many places, and Jennifer Utz, who runs the phenomenal and heartbreaking website Iraqi Refugee Stories (www.iraqirefugeestories.org), writes at AlterNet (Nov. 15, 2008) that “Iraqi refugees are taken advantage of by just about every crooked landlord who realizes how desperately they don’t want to be sent back—war profiteering on a new level.” >> Read the article

	Appearance on GritTV, Hosted by Laura Flanders --> 12.04.08 An Iraqi Refugee Story Videojournalist Jen Utz met Mohamed, an Iraqi refugee, in Syria and tells his story in a recent AlterNet article. Her website, Iraqi Refugee Stories, is a collection of first person accounts of exile and war. >> View the appearance

	--> 12.12.08 From Baghdad to Brooklyn: My Journey with an Iraqi Refugee by Jennifer Utz That one sounds like mortar fire,” Mohamed said. “And that was definitely a sniper.” My Iraqi friend and I were at Coney Island for the summer fireworks. As we rode the Wonder Wheel and listening to the explosions over the water, memories of life in war-torn Iraq inevitably came to mind. Just two weeks before, Mohamed had been a refugee living in the slums of Damascus, Syria. >> Read the feature article in The Indypendent

	--> 11.15.08 From Baghdad to Brooklyn: My Journey with an Iraqi Refugee by Jennifer Utz From 2007 to 2008, I spent five months in Syria with Mohamed, an Iraqi refugee. Now, we are roommates in New York City. >> Read the feature article on AlterNet

	--> 10.10.08 "Imperfect Strangers" - New York Press The Story of my time advocating for and living with two gay Iraqi Refugees who were granted asylum in the United States. >> Read the article

	--> 9.19.08 Introducing Iraqi Refugee Stories: Voices Missing From Media Describe Life in Exile - Alternet Beyond the violence and instability of Iraq is the largely untold story of Iraqi displacement and exile and its enormous human consequences. A new website, Iraqi Refugee Stories, is now giving voice to the growing crisis and providing concerned individuals viable avenues to take action. >> Read the Alternet Article

	-> 9.21.08 Middle East Window.com Since the 2001 U.S. invasion of Iraq, over 4 million Iraqis have fled their homes, becoming internally displaced or seeking refuge in neighboring countries such as Syria and Jordan. On the website, Iraqi Refugees Stories, videojournalist Jennifer Utz is attempting to collect the stories of as many refugees as she can in the form of video interviews. Here are just a few samples: >> Visit the site

	-> 6.1.05 Shipmates: Soul Sisters The story of Jennifer's time teaching video production to members of a women's empowerment organization in India. >> Read the article

	-> 5.2.05 Ahmedabad Newsline - Gujarat, India Rajkot, May 1: Making films is their passion and making a difference their motto. This has brought Lindsay Utz and Jennifer Utz all the way from Portland in the US to Rajkot to train members of local NGO Anandi — working for women’s welfare — in video production. >> Read the article

	-> 10/05 Ready, Aim, Shoot: By Jennifer Utz It’s 7:00 a.m. in India. The temperature is approaching 113 degrees. I’m the only Westerner in a tightly-packed jeep, swerving in and out of every one of the four lanes of this frantic highway — dodging buses, trucks, cars, rickshaws, cyclists, pedestrians, shepherds, cows, goats, and the occasional camel-drawn goods carriage. Apart from the heat, I would normally find this type of situation exhilarating. But, right now, I’m disturbed by the awkward quiet of my fellow passengers.... >> Read the full article