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Farha (Arabic: فرحة, romanized: Farḥa) is a 2021 internationally co-produced historical drama film about a Palestinian girl's coming-of-age experience during the Nakba, the 1948 displacement of Palestinians from their homeland.
Farha: Directed by Darin J. Sallam. With Karam Taher, Ashraf Barhom, Ali Suliman, Tala Gammoh. A 14-year-old girl in 1948 Palestine watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home.
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- Drama
- Darin J. Sallam
- 2022-12-01
- The Nakba and The Pain
- An Enduring Wound
- Facing The Challenges
- Understanding Cinema as A Tool
The Nakbaone of the most painful episodes in the history of Palestine and the Palestinian people. Palestinians had already been subjected to several ethnic cleansing campaigns and genocide when Israel declared its statehood on May 15, 1948. Over 300,000 individuals are thought to have left their homes in the months prior in search of safety abroad ...
According to Susan Abulhawa, a Palestinian American author and human rights advocate, the movie provided a look into a culture that has long been suppressed and kept out of the Western public eye. She believes that this is a powerful venue where trauma may be understood and acknowledged. Stories highlighting Palestinian struggles are essential, as ...
Abulhawa and many other viewersfound it difficult to watch the movie. It not only exposed underlying scars but also shed light on Palestinians who are still in a state of physical and psychological turmoil as a result of having lived under Israeli oppression. “Farha survives the aggression in her village, and in a masterful way, the film doesn’t tr...
According to Umayyah Cable, an assistant professor of American culture and film, television, and media at the University of Michigan, the film can be utilized by social movements to express their complaints and demands to a wider audience in addition to providing an archival and academic function. Conversely, Cable contends that the industry, labor...
Dec 13, 2022 · Several Palestinians wrote that the film made them think of the experiences of their elders whose futures, like Farha's, were ripped from beneath their feet without any explanation in 1948.
Dec 3, 2022 · As Netflix began streaming Farha, a restrained Palestinian feature film that presents the Nakba in microcosm, the United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt a resolution to commemorate...
- Sheldon Kirshner
Dec 12, 2022 · “Farha,” released December 1 on Netflix, is inspired by the story of a young Palestinian girl and the violence she witnessed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, when roughly 700,000 Palestinians...
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Jan 29, 2023 · Set in 1948 during the formation of the state of Israel, it's the story of a Palestinian girl with big dreams of leaving her small village for the city to further her education, but whose dreams...
