A video-essay by Alia Arasoughly 2001 42 minutes Color, VHS Subtitled Rental VHS $75.00 VHS Sale $250.00 Order # W03800
Exploring the devastating effects of military occupation, terror and isolation, this deeply moving piece explores the lives of eight Palestinian women and their struggle to live normal lives amidst the degrading drama of war. Representing a diverse cross-section of Palestinian society -- from a news editor to a domestic worker to a housewife -- they candidly speak about their daily encounters with violence and their marginalization in the ideological debate concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Neither political zealots nor submissive wives and mothers, they reveal the difficult task of negotiating their identity during wartime and demonstrate how the struggle for life and dignity is a universal one. Their stories challenge stereotypes of Palestinian women in the media and provide a much-needed widow into an experience rarely seen in the West.
Festival Internazionale Cinema delle Donne - Festival's Peace Prize & Jury Honorable Mention Munich International Documentary Film Festival Oberhausen International Short Film Festival Melbourne International Film Festival Milan International Film Festival, Italy Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil Rabat International Film Festival Cinema Texas Film Festival, USA Biennale de Cinemas Arabes A Paris Rencontres Cinema de Gindou Film Festival, France Mediterranean Video Festival, Italy World Congress of Middle East Studies Film Festival Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentary Films, Egypt International Split Festival of New Film, Croatia Nordic Visual Culture film Festival, Finland Carthage International Film Festival, Tunis Beirut Cinema Days Film Festival, Lebanon Visionaria Film Festival, Italy San Francisco Arab Film Festival, USA Terre des femmes Film Festival, Germany
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