Arna’s Children: A Rare Palestinian Documentary
Arna’s Children is a 2004 documentary by Juliano Mer-Khamis about the work of Arna Mer-Khamis, a Jewish Israeli woman who rejected her Zionist upbringing and built a children’s theatre and alternative education program in the Jenin refugee camp during the First Intifada. When schools were closed, she created a space where children could express fear, anger and hope through performance. The early footage, filmed between 1989 and 1996, shows kids in the camp acting, laughing and imagining futures beyond military raids, demolitions and checkpoints.
After Arna’s death, Juliano returned to Jenin…
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