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My Neighbourhood
Shorts - Documentaries 1
Old Town Playhouse
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 6:00 PM
With a strong sense of the personal side of social change, this triptych of moving documentaries charts the efforts of brave citizens who fight to change their homes for the better. “After the Factory” examines the effects of the global economic crisis with a comparison of fallen industrial strongholds Detroit and Lodz, Poland; “My Neighborhood” follows a Palestinian teenager who forms an unlikely friendship with Israeli activists; and “Maestra” pays tribute to the thousands of young women in Cuba in the 1960s who volunteered to combat illiteracy in the country, with astonishing results.
Mohammed El Kurd is a Palestinian teenager growing up in the heart of East Jerusalem. When Mohammed's family is forced to give up a part of their home to Israeli settlers, local residents begin peaceful protests and in a surprising turn, are quickly joined by scores of Israeli supporters. Mohammed comes of age in the face of unrelenting tension with his neighbors and unexpected cooperation with Israeli allies in his backyard.
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