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Sobhi Al-Zobaidi

Video installation — École des beaux-arts de Toulouse

sobhi al-zobaidi, crossing kalandia, 2002

projection vidéo, 52'

producteur : refugee camp production and mikado

Born in 1961 in Jerusalem, he lives in Ramallah (Palestine).

 

Taking the form of a private diary, the film Crossing Kalandia (2002) shows the first year of the life of Kenza, the artist’s daughter. Born on 15 May, a day of commemoration known as Nakba, or “Day of Catastrophe”, the little girl spoke her first words and took her first steps in the middle of the Intifada. Here this Palestinian filmmaker enters deeply into his own daily life and also that of his family, his neighbours and his friends who, in the midst of an environment of suffering, pain and anxiety, struggle to live a normal life.