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Salt of this sea [videorecording] = Milh hādhā al-bahr / Lorber Films ; Pyramide International ; JBA Production presents ; a co-production, Philistine Films (Palestine) .. [et al.] ; a film by Annemarie Jacir ; writer, producer and director, Annemarie Jacir ; producers, Jacques Bidou, Marianne Dumoulin.

Contributor(s): Language: Arabic, English, Spanish Original language: ara Subtitle language: English Publication details: New York, NY : Kino Lorber Inc., [2010] Description: New York, NY : Kino Lorber Inc., [2010] 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Milh hādhā al-bahr
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .M54 2010
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Benoit Chamaillard ; editing, Michèle Hubinon ; music, Kamran Rastegar
Awards:
  • Cannes, Official Selection un certain regard ; Tribeca, Official selection ; London, Official Selection
Cast: Suheir Hammad, Saleh Bakri, Riyad Ideis, Sylvia Weitz Summary: Soraya, born in Brooklyn in a working class community of Palestinian refugees, discovers that her grandfather's savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Direct, stubborn, and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of returning to Palestine. Slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own anger. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition,contrary to hers, is to leave forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, they know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it's illegal
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DVDs DVDs American University in Dubai American University in Dubai AUDIO & DVD Collection DVD SaltOf (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5033162

Widescreen (1.85:1) presentation

Originally released as a motion picture in 2008

Director of photography, Benoit Chamaillard ; editing, Michèle Hubinon ; music, Kamran Rastegar

Suheir Hammad, Saleh Bakri, Riyad Ideis, Sylvia Weitz

Soraya, born in Brooklyn in a working class community of Palestinian refugees, discovers that her grandfather's savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Direct, stubborn, and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of returning to Palestine. Slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own anger. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition,contrary to hers, is to leave forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, they know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it's illegal

DVD; NTSC; 1.85/16x9

In Arabic, English and Spanish, with English subtitles

Cannes, Official Selection un certain regard ; Tribeca, Official selection ; London, Official Selection

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