Gaza Ghetto
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Gaza Ghetto: Portrait of a Family, 1948 – 1984 is a documentary film about the life of a Palestinian family living in the Jabalia refugee camp. The film, created by Joan Mandell, Pea Holmquist, and Pierre Bjorklund in 1984 is believed to be the first documentary ever made in Gaza. The film features Ariel Sharon, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and soldiers on patrol "candidly discuss[ing] their responsibilities." The film follows a refugee family from the Gaza Strip who visit the site of their former village, now a Jewish town in Israel. As the grandfather and great-grandfather point out an orchard and sycamore fig that belonged to Muhammed Ayyub and Uncle Khalil, an Israeli resident appears and tells them to leave, claiming they need a permit to be there. The mother tells him that, "We work in Jaffa and Tel Aviv and that's not forbidden," to which he replies, "Here it's forbidden."
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Per-Åke Holmquist Director · Joan Mandell Director Pierre Björklund Director
United States release May 29, 1985 · Produced in Sweden · Languages Arabic, English, Hebrew
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HB PeÅ Holmquist Film
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Svenska Filminstitutet
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Garantinämnden för kort- och barnfilm
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Sweden
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Swedish
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Arabic · English · Hebrew
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United States · May 29, 1985
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