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The dead still have a name

The dead still have a name

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 8, 2015

Runtime

1h 19m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

42%

Original Title

Även de döda har ett namn

Production Companies

Filmateljén

Director

Bo Harringer

Description

In 2010 the Freedom Flotilla attempts to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. In international waters the flotilla is attacked by the Israeli army and 9 people are killed. 9 anonymous people. But the dead still have a name. In 2014 Gaza is attacked by Israel. 2131 Palestinians are killed, among them 513 children. 513 dead children. But the dead children still have names. The film is about a Jewish person who has made a political journey from the Vietnam war to Gaza. This person is the paediatrician Henry Ascher, who lost his fathers entire family in the Holocaust.