Documentaries

ARNA'S CHILDREN

Juliano Mer-Khamis, Danniel Danniel
Palestine, Israel, NL 2003
84 min
V'04

Arnas Children tells the story of a theater group that was established by Arna Mer- Khamis. On the West Bank, she opened an alternative education system for children whose regular life was disrupted by the Israeli occupation. The theater group that she started engaged children from Jenin, helping them to express their everyday frustrations, anger, bitterness and fear. Arnas son Juliano was also one of the directors of Jenins theatre. With his camera, he filmed the children during rehearsal periods from 1989 to 1996. Now, he goes back to see what happened to them. Youssef committed a suicide attack in Hadera in 2001, Ashraf was killed in the battle of Jenin, Ala leads a resistance group.

Credits
  • Juliano Mer-Khamis
  • Danniel Danniel
  • Juliano Mer-Khamis
  • Hana Abu Shaada
  • Uri Shteinmintz
  • Alla Khouri
  • Rani Nentzel
  • Govert Janse
  • Obbe Verwer
  • Juliano Mer-Khamis/Danniel Danniel
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