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The Breaker

Synopsis

Alkasar is the name of my film , which means 'Breaker ' in English , and this name is related with all the actions of the film, which talks about the reality of life in Gaza Strip , the film talk about the suffering of people here and the bad circumstances which they faced and still face every day because of the Israeli siege on Gaza , this siege let many of the Palestinian people working hard in order to find a piece of bread for them and their children, so here in my film I talk about those people specially children who left school to work in this hard job , they go to the settlement which the Israeli left it to take the stones from it , and collected it to go with it to " alkasara " to re manufacturing it once again , to be used for building , because here in Gaza , the material of building is not allowed to enter Gaza, and the only choice is to bring it from Egypt through tunnels , but it is not good for our use , what children and the other characters

Details

Year
2011
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
28 mins
Format
DV
Director
Wesam Mousa
Producer
Wesam Mousa
Editor
Raed Mousa
Screenwriter
Reem Naje, Wesam Mousa
Director of Photography
Jamal Mousa
Production Designer
Wesam Mousa
Sound
Wajdy Abu Senjer
Composer
Wajdy Abu Senjer

Genre

Human Rights Children’s

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Freelance

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