Obaida
“What does it feel like to be led away from your home by a soldier, while blindfolded? What happens when a military occupation looms over an entire childhood?”
2019•7m•Released
DocumentaryHistoryWar
OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military arrest. Each year, some 700 Palestinian children undergo military detention in a system where ill-treatment is widespread and institutionalized. For these young detainees, few rights are guaranteed, even on paper. After release, the experience of detention continues to shape and mark former child prisoners’ path forward.
Director
Matthew Cassel
Writer
Matthew Cassel
Languages
Arabic
Cast
Obaida Jawabreh
Himself
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