Samia

2008 40min

Created around a taped interview with the artist Samia Halaby, director Al-Beik includes Halaby's own footage of a trip to the West Bank, in which she narrates her stay there and later documents a trip to her grandmother's apartment in Jerusalem. This is interwoven with Al Beik's own sequences exploring the modern Palestinian condition.

Storyline

Created around a taped interview with the artist Samia Halaby, director Al-Beik includes Halaby's own footage of a trip to the West Bank, in which she narrates her stay there and later documents a trip to her grandmother's apartment in Jerusalem. This is interwoven with Al Beik's own sequences exploring the modern Palestinian condition.

Released
January 1, 2008
Runtime
40min
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Language
English
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