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Gaza Ghetto

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Gaza Ghetto: Portrait of a Family, 1948 – 1984 is a documentary film about the life of a Palestinian family living in the Jabalia refugee camp. The film, created by Joan Mandell, Pea Holmquist, and Pierre Bjorklund in 1984 is believed to be the first documentary ever made in Gaza. The film features Ariel Sharon, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and soldiers on patrol "candidly discuss[ing] their responsibilities." The film follows a refugee family from the Gaza Strip who visit the site of their former village, now a Jewish town in Israel. As the grandfather and great-grandfather point out an orchard and sycamore fig that belonged to Muhammed Ayyub and Uncle Khalil, an Israeli resident appears and tells them to leave, claiming they need a permit to be there. The mother tells him that, "We work in Jaffa and Tel Aviv and that's not forbidden," to which he replies, "Here it's forbidden."

Directed byPierre Björklund, Joan Mandell, Per-Åke Holmquist

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 25m
Language
SV
Released
May 29, 1985
Studios
Svenska FilminstitutetHB PeÅ Holmquist FilmGarantinämnden för kort- och barnfilm

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring

Benjamin Ben-Eliezer

Self

Yizhak Rabin

Yizhak Rabin

Self

Reuven Rozenblatt

Self

Ariel Sharon

Ariel Sharon

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Pierre Björklund
Joan Mandell

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