Aqabat Jaber: Passing Through
Aqabat-Jaber is one of the sixty Palestinian refugee camps built in the Middle East by the UN at the beginning of the 1950s. Filmed in 1987, a few months before the Intifada, this film tells the story of a disinherited generation brought up in the nostalgia of places they never knew and which no longer exist. The story of a temporary solution that became a permanent way of life.
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Aqabat Jaber: Passing Through
- Overview
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 2, 1987
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Aqabat jaber: Vie de passage
Director
Eyal Sivan
Description
Aqabat-Jaber is one of the sixty Palestinian refugee camps built in the Middle East by the UN at the beginning of the 1950s. Filmed in 1987, a few months before the Intifada, this film tells the story of a disinherited generation brought up in the nostalgia of places they never knew and which no longer exist. The story of a temporary solution that became a permanent way of life.
