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Death in Gaza (2004)

Death in Gaza poster
Directed by
James Miller
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary team follows three Palestinian children in Rafah, Gaza, during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2004. The film shows the childrens daily lives in a war zone, including the death of its director.

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What happens

Death in Gaza is a 2004 British Channel 4 documentary film screened on 25 May 2004 about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, opening in the West Bank but then moving to Gaza and eventually settling in Rafah where the film spends most of its time. It concentrates on three children, Ahmed (age 12), Mohammed (age 12), and Najla (age 16), and includes the murder by Israeli forces of the film's producer/director James Miller. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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