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Category:
Society & Human Interest

Keywords:
Israel - Palestine


Producer(s): AKKA FILMS, KARAVAN FILMS

Length:  1x52

Format:  One-off

Original version: French

Versions available: English: subtitle / French: subtitle

Nationality: Switzerland

Year: 2008

Rights: rights expired

Support(s):  SD – Digital 4/3

5 MINUTES FROM HOME

Director(s): Nahed AWWAD   Contact Contact   Download Print page

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Jerusalem Airport, on the road that links Jerusalem to Ramallah, has been occupied by the Israeli army since 1967. Today, to the east of the runway, a huge military checkpoint blocks the Jerusalem-Ramallah road, a dead end street.

Palestinian filmmaker Nahed Awwad discovers that in the 1950s and 60s this sad spot used to be a bustling place of international travel.

She meets and collects happy testimonies of the past from those who used to take a plane or go to work at the airport “5 minutes from home” – which contrast bitterly with the present, trapped behind the wall of separation.
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