The Road to Palestine

The Road to Palestine (1985)

December 31st, 19850h 7min

Animation, Documentary
75%

Overview

In Layaly Badr’s documentary short, Road to Palestine, seven-year-old Layla – who has been badly injured in an air raid – lives in a refugee camp outside Palestine. Layla and her friends describe how they imagine Palestine, despite never having seen it.


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