Thursday 18 September 2014
Fida Qishta | Palestine, 2012 | 58 mins | Arabic with English subtitles
Shown as part of the Tottenham Palestine Literature Festival
Including two short films about the tunnels in Gaza
Food and drinks provided by Haringey Justice for Palestinians
This recent documentary directed and narrated by Fida Qishta, begins with chilling footage of Israeli bulldozers destroying houses in Rafah in 2004. Qishta, a native of Rafah, the city in the south of the Gaza Strip, watched her parents’ house of 30 years crumble under the bulldozers. As it was destroyed, her father told her and her family to leave and keep walking. “He feared if our eyes took in the sight, our hearts would be filled with hate,” Qishta says.
This highly acclaimed documentary is the heartbreaking account of the continuing injustices that many Palestinians face on a daily basis in Gaza. Quishta uses the simple techniques of footage, straightforward filming and interviews to tell her story and to illuminate the endless brutality to which the people of Gaza are subjected by the Israelis.
It is, without doubt, a must see.