52 min
Nada El-Yassir
Documentary
2005 - Palestine/Israel
Canadian Premiere
Arab Bedouins once inhabited the entire Negev Desert, which accounts for 60% of historic Palestine. Since the creation of Israel in 1948, the majority were uprooted and dispersed. Those who remain have either been rounded up into one of seven townships or are living in one of 46 "unrecognized villages" without the basics of water, electricity, schools, roads or medical services. The film explores the struggle of the Bedouins of the Negev, a unique part of Palestinian society, for the recognition of their indigenous land rights against a backdrop of Israeli policies that aim to strip them of their land and therefore their way of life.
Screened with First Picture