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A World Not Ours
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A World Not Ours

2014-02-21 · 93 min · ★ 8.0

Documentary

An intimate, and often humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth of personal recordings, family archives, and historical footage, the film is a sensitive, and illuminating study of belonging, friendship, and family in the lives of those for whom dispossession is the norm, and yearning their daily lives.

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Directors
Mahdi Fleifel
Production companies
Nakba FilmWorks, Screen Institute Beirut, SANAD
Countries
Denmark, Lebanon, Palestinian Territory, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
Status
Released

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Mahdi Fleifel(voice)

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