First Picture (2006)

Original title

الصورة الاولي

Directed by

Akram Al-Ashqar

Genre

documentary film

Country

Occupied Palestinian territories

Runtime

27 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about a Palestinian child born in an Israeli prison who later lives with his father and family. The film follows his adjustment to the outside world while he carries memories of his early imprisonment and his mother's continued detention.

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What happens

First Picture (2006) is a documentary film by Akram Al-Ashqar. It was shown at the Copenhagen International Film Festival on 15 November 2007, It follows the story of a Palestinian child from Tulkarm Camp for the Palestinian refugees. Born in one of the Israeli prisons, he spent more than two and a half years there. Then, he was separated from his mother who is still remaining arrested in prison by the Israeli Authorities, the moment when the child starts an adventure of discovering the natural life under the protection of his father and family and the companions of the released prisoner mates of his mother, being still very affected by the memories of his experience in prison. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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