Intersecting Memory
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Viewer Advice: Contains archival footage of war and conflict; distressing scenes
Personal memories and collective trauma, home video and news footage intertwine in a powerful portrait of a Palestinian childhood under occupation.
Shayma’ was six when the Second Intifada erupted in 2000. In voiceover addressing her mother, she recalls crisp school uniforms and birthday cakes over archival footage of endless checkpoints, tanks blocking Hebron streets and children moving through carnage and destruction. These harrowing images – reminiscent of those live-streamed today – are captured with disturbing calm, underscoring the humanity we lose when grave violence comes to seem banal.
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