Boston Palestine Film Festival 2008

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Al-Hakawati: The Storyteller
Amani Khader, Ahmed Khader, Rasmi Arafat, Ruby Saed, Hussein Shtawi, Nitin Sawhney 2007
Categories: Youth Short
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Run time: 8 min. | Palestine
In this comical film, a young camera crew making their first film is searching for the Al-Hakawati (a storyteller) in the Balata refugee camp. They interview several old people in the camp who can't recall any folk tales, but only mention their experiences of the Nakba (Palestinian exile in 1948). The young filmmakers nearly give up until the Al-Hakawati magically appears in a traditional costume and they are able to complete their film with his eloquent tales.

Youth Filmmakers: Ahmed Khader, Amani Khader, Hussein Shtawi, Rasmi Arafat

Supervised by Ruby Saed and Nitin Sawhney

This film was produced during the Digital Storytelling Workshop conducted by Voices Beyond Walls at the Yafa Cultural Center in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, West Bank in August 2007.
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6:00 PM     Wed, Oct 08
** Note: Workshop organizers will be present.
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About the film
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Ahmed Khader
Amani Khader
Hussein Shtawi
Nitin Sawhney
Rasmi Arafat
Ruby Saed
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