Origin: Unknown | Documentary | Director: Dimitri Chimenti | 58 minutes

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Dimitri Chimenti / Documentary / Italy, Palestine / 2012 / 58 mins

This film is not about occupation. it is not about the conflict. it is not
about music. These are all elements of the story, but the film is about
something else. It is about a group of men and women working with Al
Kamandjati, a Palestinian Cultural Association conducting a program of
music education in the West Bank. This picture is about them and their
difficulties in transforming music into a means of freedom and liberation.

Background: Al-Kamandjâti (the violin, in Arabic) was established in October 2002 by Ramzi Aburedwan, a Palestinian violist (gold medal from the Conservatoire of Angers) from the al-Amari refugee camp, Ramallah. The organization aims to encourage children, especially those living in UNRWA refugee camps and villages throughout Palestine and Lebanon, to make music and thus transcend the daily hardships deriving from the Israeli military occupation.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/52425390

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