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Children of Jerusalem: Gesho (1996)

Children of Jerusalem: Gesho poster
Directed by
Beverly Shaffer
Genre
documentary film
Country
Canada
Runtime
25 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short documentary about a young boy named Gesho living in Jerusalem. It shows his daily life and routines from his own perspective.

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What happens

Children of Jerusalem is a series of seven documentary films directed by Beverly Shaffer for the National Film Board of Canada between 1991 and 1996. The series illustrates life in Jerusalem from the points of view of children of various cultural, social and religious backgrounds. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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