Necessary Journey

18 min. Colour with sound ( English). mini dv.

The video is a travel diary to Palestine/Israel featuring Oreet crossing Qalandia check-point and meeting with the architect Sameh Abboushi in Ramallah, a visit to the Old city with Oreet’s father in search of the location of his grandfather‘s old shoe shop in the Muslim quarter, and a visit to Pqaain; the only indigenous village inhabited by Druze, Muslims, Christians and Jews. The travel diary is seeking to document a process of placing Oreet ‘s family history within the wider context of the Middle East. Part of ACE and BFI black world Necessary Journey project. ( see Library section for review in Bidun and publication)