Martyr Street (2006)

Directed by

Shelley Saywell

Country

Canada

How it feels

This documentary follows an Israeli girl and a Palestinian girl living in the divided city of Hebron. It shows their daily lives in the West Bank.

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What happens

Martyr Street is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Shelley Saywell and released in 2006. The film centres on life in the West Bank through the eyes of two young girls, one Israeli and one Palestinian, living in Hebron. The film premiered at the 2006 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won the Best Canadian Feature Documentary award. It subsequently had its television premiere in July 2006 on History, following which it was a nominee for the Donald Brittain Award for best social or political television documentary at the 22nd Gemini Awards in 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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