Boston Palestine Film Festival 2008

An artistic interpretation of the late Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish’s, poem “Intensive care unit.” The film uses photomontage with abstract black and white cinematic scenes shot by youth in the Shufat refugee camp, to express the deeper meaning of this heartfelt poem. The poem, spoken by a man and a young girl, is recorded in a small studio in the camp. The film being produced merely 2 weeks after the death of Darwish holds a special meaning for the youth and audiences today.

Youth Filmmakers: Alaa Edreis, Baraa Eshhadeh, Khaled Esheikh, Ola Abu Taleb and Wardeh Edkedek

Supervised by Anne Paq and Nitin Sawhney

The film was produced during the Digital Storytelling Workshop conducted by Voices Beyond Walls in the Shufat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem in August 2008.