The Mute's House (2015)

Directed by

Tamar Kay

Genre

documentary film

Country

Israel

Runtime

32 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Palestinian single mother and her son live as the only Palestinian residents in the Jewish quarter of Hebron. Through everyday moments, the documentary shows how they navigate life in a deeply divided and often hostile environment.

intimateobservationalquietly tenseresilientgroundedpoignantunderstated

What happens

The Mute's House is a 2015 Israeli documentary film directed by Tamar Kay about the Rajabi's, a single mother and her son, both Palestinians living in the Jewish quarter of the West Bank city of Hebron. The film was produced by Ariel Richter and Tamar Kay as their thesis film at The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film & Television School. The film was well received by critics and audiences. In October 2016, the film was listed as one of the 10 shortlisted films to compete for the 89th Academy Award's Best Documentary Short Subject. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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