The Mute's House (2015)
- Directed by
- Tamar Kay
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Israel
- Runtime
- 32 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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