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Nacido en Gaza (2014)
Heartbreaking and tough but necessary to watch
This documentary focuses on the aftermath of the 2014 assault on Gaza by Israel. It concnetrates on the child victims and how they try to rebuild their shattered lives after experiencing the physical and psychological trauma of war.
The film haunts you with the distant, vacant look in the eyes of the young victims of the horrific conflict, whose only crime was to be born a Palestinian in Gaza. It is painfully obvious to the viewer that all the children are suffering from PTSD, and without the proper counselling who knows what will happen to these children. What kind of life can they look forward to? What did they do to deserve this? The children themselves are confused, they are left to ponder why they were attacked, they are just children they tell themselves and the viewer.
The adults in the documentary play a supporting role, the children are front and centre. The parents, aunts, uncles, brothers try to maintain a degree of normality, but you can painfully see they are crushed, forgotten but not beaten. Like the children, they cannot understand why they have been attacked...again. The pain and suffering is etched on their faces, but still they stubborningly go about rebuilding their lives, refusing to submit.
This documentary is a necessary watch as we witnessing the genocide of Gaza unfold before our eyes. I am left wondering, what happened to these children and their families? Are they alive? Have their houses and farms been destroyed once again? My prayers are with them and to all the people in Gaza suffering from this constant barrage of bombs.
My only hope is that politicians watch this documentary and maybe, just maybe it may change their opinion. The documentary reinforces what we are seeing on a daily basis, the real victims of war, as always are the children.