2022 Boston Palestine Film Festival

There Is A Field preceded by Between the Barricades

Expired October 24, 2022 3:59 AM
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2 films in package
Between the Barricades
In the midst of a military curfew, young Aya must find the courage to keep her passion for soccer alive
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There Is A Field
In October 2000, a police officer shot and killed unarmed 17-year old Asel Asleh. His story is tragically familiar for Americans, but Asel was not killed in Ferguson, New York City, Atlanta, or Minneapolis. Asel was a Palestinian teenager who was murdered by Israeli police as he participated in a demonstration, calling for an end to the Israeli occupation and settler- colonization.
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Co-presented with the Roxbury International Film Festival

Nine-year-old Aya is too young to understand the politics of occupation but faces the restrictions of not being able to play outside anymore. One night soldiers raid Aya’s home, leaving her younger brother trembling behind their bedroom door. It is this night that Aya attempts to muster up the courage to face her monsters to liberate herself from the barricades that surround her.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    11 minutes
  • Language
    Arabic
  • Country
    United Arab Emirates
  • Premiere
    US
  • Director
    Jude Lucienne Elziq
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