A movie could be made out of the making of Abdallah Al-Khatib's heartbreakingly poetic Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege), screening in the ACID program at this year's Cannes. The film's title refers to Yarmouk, a district in Damascus that served as the largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world from 1957 until its destruction in 2018. In 2013 the Al-Assad regime set up a siege, depriving Yarmouk's residents of food, medicine and electricity while haphazardly dropping barrel bombs on what it...
"What is Our Duty Today as Viewers?": Abdallah Al-Khatib on Cannes (ACID program)-Selected Documentary Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege)
Filmmaker Magazine - 12 Jul 2021 20:00
A movie could be made out of the making of Abdallah Al-Khatib's heartbreakingly poetic Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege), screening in the ACID program at this year's Cannes. The film's title refers to Yarmouk, a district in Damascus that served as the largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world from 1957 until its destruction in 2018. In 2013 the Al-Assad regime set up a siege, depriving Yarmouk's residents of food, medicine and electricity while haphazardly dropping barrel bombs on what it...
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