Children of Shatila (1998)
- Original title
- أطفال شاتيلا
- Directed by
- Mai Almasri
- Genre
- documentary, history
- Country
- Lebanon
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Rated
- 10
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Two children in the Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon use video cameras to document their lives. They share the daily realities of displacement and poverty while expressing their own hopes for the future.
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