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A documentary short on the Al-Haddads, a Palestinian family living in Tel Rumeida, a neighborhood within the Israeli-controlled sector of Hebron, West Bank. A scene within a scene, the film... See full summary

A documentary short on the Al-Haddads, a Palestinian family living in Tel Rumeida, a neighborhood within the Israeli-controlled sector of Hebron, West Bank. A scene within a scene, the film is a communal viewing of two home movies depicting violent clashes with neighboring Jewish settlers, taped during a rare snowy weekend. At the same time, it's also an observation of the family who filmed them, their reflection on and reception of the events and the footage itself. Employing a split-screen technique, the piece presents the family's footage alongside footage of the family members watching their own tapes on their TV set. Images of stonings and beatings, often ambiguous or fragmentary, blend in with humorous digressions, cinematographic critiques, and the obligatory tea ritual of Arab hospitality.