Gaza Ghetto

Gaza Ghetto

1985
1h 25m
7.0

7.0/10

1 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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."

Status: Released

Language: SV

Watch "Gaza Ghetto"

Open in New Tab

Production Information

Production Companies
HB PeÅ Holmquist Film Svenska Filminstitutet Garantinämnden för kort- och barnfilm
Production Countries
Sweden
Spoken Languages
Arabic English Hebrew

Quick Facts

Release Date May 29, 1985
Status Released
Language SV
IMDb ID tt0087318

Cast

Benjamin Ben-Eliezer
Benjamin Ben-Eliezer

Self

Yizhak Rabin
Yizhak Rabin

Self

Reuven Rozenblatt
Reuven Rozenblatt

Self

Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon

Self

Key Crew

Per-Åke Holmquist
Director
Joan Mandell
Director
Pierre Björklund
Director