Tears of Gaza

Tears of Gaza

Tears of Gaza is a Norwegian anti-war movie from 2010 concerning the Gaza War as seen through the eyes of a group of Palestinian children. The documentary was directed by Vibeke Løkkeberg. The film is based on the imagery taken by people themselves in Gaza while the war continued, with some additional material from the few foreign journalists who were present while the conflict unfolded. Løkkeberg was not present in Gaza during the war. The film was met with strong reactions from Israel and the pro-Israeli organization With Israel for Peace (MIFF) because the film is seen as a propaganda film for Palestine. It has been argued that the film was only created to defame Israel, and that it has been produced to portray Israel as the world's most brutal military power. Regardless of the motives of the directors, the documentary uses authentic footage from Gaza.

Genre: Documentary, War
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
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Year:
2010
90
1,037 Views

[last lines]

Amira:
If I study well, I want to become a lawyer, to defend my homeland. Because they are killing children and they stole all our land.

[first lines]

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December 27, 2008: The Jewish state begins extensive military actions in Gaza, one of the worlds most densly populated areas... 'Operation Cast Lead' lasts for 22 days.

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During this time, more than twenty thousand buildings, homes, factories and farms were completely or partially destroyed.

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This is the story of three children: Yahya, Rashmia and Amira... In June of 2009 they made the following statements:

Amira:
If I study well, I want to become a lawyer... So that one day I can take the Jews to court.

Yahya:
I dream of becoming a doctor... So that I can treat and help those who are injured by the Jews.

Rasmia:
Life is hard... Really.

[machine-gun fire from Israeli gunboat, close to the coast]

Yahya:
Why are they shooting at you when you are fishing?

[casualties are brought out from the ruins of a house]

Man in crowd:
Young... oh, my god, they're young.

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