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Welcome to Hebron
Sweden, 2008, HDV - Color - 55'
Directed by: Terje Carlsson
Cast: Leila Sarsour, Yehuda Shaul, Feryal Abu Heikal
Screenplay: Terje Carlsson
Photography: Terje Carlsson
Editing: Josef Nyberg
Music: Terje Carlsson
Sound: Ola Eliasson
Producer: Terje Carlsson
Production: Ekedalen Produktion SVT, Film i Värmland
World Sales: Mercury Media, London

Story description:
Questo film mostra come l’occupazione renda difficile la vita di ogni giorno in Palestina. Leila Sarsour č una ragazza musulmana, ma non rispecchia affatto lo stereotipo diffuso in Occidente, secondo il quale la donna araba č debole ed indifesa. Leila č forte, intelligente, schietta e persegue l’ideale di una vita libera dall’oppressione e dalla violenza. Leila ed i suoi compagni di classe vengono continuamente aggrediti e vessati dai soldati israeliani e dai coloni. Nel film Leila chatta tramite MSN, discutendo di Jimi Hendrix con la madre e condividendo la propria visione di un Medio Oriente dove si affermi una pacifica coesistenza.



The film shows how the occupation affects everyday life in Palestine. Leila Sarsour is a Moslem girl, but she does not fit the widespread western stereotype, characterizing Arab women as weak and victimized. Leila is strong, intelligent, outspoken and have her own idea of a daily life free from oppression and violence. Leila and her classmates are regularly attacked and harassed by Israeli soldiers and settlers. In this film Leila is chatting on MSN, discussing Jimi Hendrix with her mother and sharing her vision of a middle east of coexistence and peace.


 
Director Biographical note:
Il cineasta Terje Carlsson lavora come giornalista freelance da molti anni a Gerusalemme, soprattutto per la radio e la tv nazionale svedese. Questo č il suo primo documentario “lungo” trasmesso dalla tv svedese (STV) nel Febbraio 2008.



Filmmaker Terje Carlsson is a freelance journalist based for many years in Jerusalem, working mostly for Swedish National Radio and Television. This is his first full-length documentary and it was broadcasted on Swedish TV (SVT) in February 2008.






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