Obaida
Director: Matthew Cassel
"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 childhood?"
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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Obaida (2019) is a documentary, history, war film. The film has not yet gathered many viewer ratings. The film runs 7min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.
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Obaida runs 7 minutes (7min).
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Obaida was released in 2019.
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