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Release Date:
May 15, 2024
Original Title:
Returning to Zarnouqa
Alternate Titles:
Return to Zarnouqa
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 14
Haidar Eid was raised in Gaza City after his parents were violently expelled from their home village of Zarnouqa in 1948. In 2019 A conversation emerges between Haidar and Neta Golan, an Israeli anti-Zionist comrade, as she shares with him footage from his hometown which he is denied access to. In 2023, Haidar, his wife, and their daughters become the second and third generation to be forced from their home as Israel continues its genocidal war in Palestine.
Animation:
Anwar Suhaimi
Nathaniel Edmunds
Camera Operator:
Khalil Abu Yahia
Director of Photography:
Haim Schwarczenberg
Executive Producer:
Zelda Edmund
Graphic Designer:
Amy Suha Kuttab
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