"What does it feel like to be led away from your home by a soldier, while blindfolded? What happens when a military occupation looms over an entire chi"24 April 2019History, Factual, War7 mins
OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military arrest. Each year, some 700 Palestinian children undergo military detention in a system where ill-treatment is widespread and institutionalized. For these young detainees, few rights are guaranteed, even on paper. After release, the experience of detention continues to shape and mark former child prisoners’ path forward.
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