Synopsis
This documentary focuses on the devastating violence of the Israel-Palestine conflict and its effects on the children of Gaza.
Born in Gaza
2014 ‘Nacido en Gaza’ Directed by Hernán Zin
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A documentary from the perspective of children in Gaza.
7 years old but still insanely and heartbreakingly relevant... Free Palestine 🇵🇸 -
I remember in Joe Sacco’s ‘Palestine’ graphic novel a Palestinian asks him whats the point of you western journalists, you come get the story then nothing changes. 6 years after this documentary nothing changed for Gaza, they are still heavily bombed and kids suffer the most.
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One of those documentaries that takes a microcosmic view of the issues it's dealing with, rather than a macro-focusing on the Israel-Palestinian conflict in Gaza through a series of interviews/fly-on-the-wall observations of young Palestinian children who have essentially grown up as inmates in the 'largest open-air prison in the world', and who are trying to get through life the best way they can. This is filmed during the 2014 siege of Gaza (which left hundreds of children dead when it was over, and thousands injured) and Spanish director Hernan Zin intercuts footage from news broadcasts with his close-up, fish-eye lens of life on the strip - this is a film that is very clear in its desire not to be…
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La miseria humana en slow motion.
Para ser la primera película que veo de éste director, no me ha gustado para nada. Hay muchas obras que exploran la situación marginal del ser humano, y la relación que ésta guarda con la impotencia. Un ejemplo sería "Cidade de Deus", trabajo realizado por un cineasta, que si bien explotó de cierta forma a las personas que trabajaron en su largometraje, logró crear una obra muy sólida y retratar de una manera masomenos realista el tema que tenía entre manos; aquí eso no pasa. Hay muchos documentales que retratan las miserias que dejó a su paso ésta guerra, las vidas que cegó. Pero generalmente se aborda todo ésto desde un punto de vista… -
Free Palestine.
You know when a photographer goes to a less fortunate country, takes photos of local poverty, then almost immediately leaves? That’s what this doc felt like. So exploitative. This isn’t made with love or care.
Trauma porn, ruin porn, manipulative ass score. Just some asshole coming in and asking “ What’s the worst thing that has ever happened to you? Please relive it for me.” The Palestinian people weren’t allowed any dignity. I never feel like this kids were in control of their own stories.
So many people trusted this grifter with their lives and he turned it into that ASPCA commercial.
Compare this to For Sama and you see how disappointing this is. If we’re going to spend 70 minutes being so unrelentingly depressing at least put a name on the cause. Did this documentary even utter the word Israel?
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This documentary tears at your heartstrings, but it's definitely supposed to do that. Sometimes it feels more like propaganda rather than an unbiased documentary, and sometimes the kids come across like they've been coached, but regardless, the living conditions and the experiences these people go through are just gut wrenching.