Checkpoint Rock (2009)

Original title

Checkpoint rock: Canciones desde Palestina

Directed by

Javier Corcuera

Genre

documentary film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows Palestinian musicians creating music in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. The film aims to share their songs and stories with a wider audience.

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What happens

Checkpoint Rock is a 2009 Basque documentary film directed and written by Fermin Muguruza and Javier Corcuera. The film was made with the goal of bringing Palestinian music out of the "darkness". The film was shot in Tel Aviv's Arab neighborhoods, other cities in Israel, and refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It received support from the Basque Government, the Association of Independent Basque Audiovisual Producers (Ibaia), and the Spanish Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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