GAZA, L'ENFERMEMENT
Israel / Frankreich 2002 – Director: Ram Loevy – Original language: Hebräisch, Arabisch – Subtitles: English – Length: 52 min.
A prison with a million inmates; that's how the people of the Gaza strip regard their land. Gaza is an area of 288 square meters surrounded by electrified fences. Gaza lacks natural resources and is one of the poorest places on earth, making it is dependent on Israel, it's enemy. Depending on the current climate there, the checkpoints may or may not be open.
Ram Loevy is an Israeli and a pacifist. Together with a Palestinian crew he filmed the life of the Palestinians in Gaza; people standing in line to take a bus, Palestinian workers being herded across the checkpoint Erez. The result is a partial film, that combines the present situation with the stages of history that led to the locking up of the land.
"In this never-ending conflict, where spilled blood makes every stone a symbol - where every image is fraught with meaning - is it possible to see and hear things as they are?" Ram Loevy
English/Original Title: Gaza, Close closure. Writer: Ram Loevy. Camera: Gady Afriat, Ngib Abu-Gobain. Sound: A. Yosi, B. Abu-Lahel, Y. Erey. Editing: Dan Shik. Music: n/a. Production: Lapsus. Producer: n/a. International Sales: Doc & Co.
