We Began by Measuring Distance (2009)
- Directed by
- Basma Alsharif
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Palestinian Territory
- Runtime
- 19 min
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
A short film that meditates on how people measure distance and what that means in a political context. It shows scenes of movement and observation in the Palestinian territory.
contemplativeslow-burnabstractpoliticalminimalistreflectivequietfragmentary
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