Gaza Ghetto: Portrait of a Palestinian Family (1985)

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In the first documentary feature film made in Gaza, Gaza Ghetto highlights the historical precedents of war, dispossession and military control that influence a family’s daily life in Jabalia Palestinian refugee camp. Intimate scenes –a child is born, a grandmother dies — are inter-cut with visits to the architects of the Israeli military occupation. Ariel Sharon, Benyamin Beneliezar and soldiers on patrol candidly discuss their responsibilities.

Directors: Pierre Björklund, Per-Åke Holmquist, Joan Mandell.
Stars: Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Yitzhak Rabin, Reuven Rozenblat, Ariel Sharon.

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5 Comments

  1. James
    February 12, 2024
    Reply

    Thanks for making this available. More people should see this now more than ever.

  2. Jit
    March 27, 2024
    Reply

    Thank you, so pleased with the Palestinian material you’ve been making available.

    I know you’re pressed for resources to offer new stuff, but wanted to mention a fantastically rare pair of movies that I saw 20+ years ago as a double bill at a film festival. Ever since I’ve been searching for them, to no avail – not a sniff.

    WEDDING IN RAMALLAH has unbelievable scenes of ordinary life going on amidst random bombings, arrests, etc. Speechless-making. LONG NIGHT’S JOURNEY INTO DAY depicts Bishop Tutu on the Reconcilliation tribunal tour post-aparteid. Again, insane scenes – but here, of healing after crisis. For 20 yrs I’ve been describing the effect these films had on me – but they cannot be found.

    Perhaps you’d know where to look. I feel very troubled by the idea that stark truth-telling and really important ideas can be so completely buried. I know you and your supporters would appreciate them, and they’d go well with what you’ve already been offering.

    Thanks for listening.

  3. Gabrielle
    June 11, 2025
    Reply

    Thank you so much

  4. Gabrielle
    June 11, 2025
    Reply

    Small suggestion, maybe it could be possible to add Palestine in the list “browsing by country of origin”?
    Really love this website! Thank you!

    • Jon W.
      June 15, 2025
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      Hi Gabrielle,
      I would but this is a film that was produced by a Swedish company hence why it’s listed as “SWEDEN”, if I find some finds produced by a Palestinian company or producer then I will add “PALESTINE” to the Browsing by Country page, I understand that this was shot in Gaza but the same could be said about films that were shot in a country but weren’t produced by such, no?

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