Aqabat Jaber: Passing Through

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 2, 1987

Original language

Hebrew

Spoken languages

Hebrew

Countries

Belgium, Israel, Palestinian Territory

Production

Momento!

Director

Eyal Sivan

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0190243