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Films
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“Middle and Near East”
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“Palestine”
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Series
“Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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Year of production
“2007”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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short films
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Middle and Near East
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Country
Palestine
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Children / Young people
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Dance / Theatre / Performance
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Development projects
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Directors
Hertog, Ester
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Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
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Country of production
United Kingdom
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Year of production
2007
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Colour / Black and white
Film
Hope, Despair and Laughter: A circus project in Palestine
2007
27
‘
Directed by
Ester Hertog
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Filmed in Dheisheh refugee camp in the West bank, this film is about a circus summer-camp dedicated to bring laughter and hope for Palestinian children. Children are taught all sorts of activities such as juggling and uni-cycling, in a surrounding where the graffiti, monuments for martyrs, and the separation wall are constant reminders of the ongoing political confrontation. How is the conflict inserted into the children’s everyday reality? How is it brought into the circus by ‘real’ events, speeches and symbolic group names? How does the circus project fit in with the children’s hopes and despair?
Middle and Near East
Development projects
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Children / Young people