6:30 – 8:00 p.m. EST
The Jerusalem Fund
Drawing on a family history of video-taping, Mahdi Fleifel offers an intimate glimpse into theAin el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon—a settlement of less than a square mile, home to over 70,000 people and in existence for more than 60 years. This is where Fleifel spent his formative years in the 1980s, before his family settled in Denmark. For years he has been returning to Ain el-Helweh and keeping a video diary, culminating in this film where he provides a candid and loving portrait of the community of this camp. Fleifel’s conversations with the residents provide an unfiltered take on Palestinian grievances with Israel, Lebanon, and their own political leaders. Elsewhere he explores how residents use the World Cup series to articulate their own ideas of home, community, victory, and hope. Fleifel’s personal journey offers a fresh and inviting point of entry to a complex and often suppressed political history. 2012. 93 mins.
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