Gaza / Sderot - Life In Spite of Everything
France 2009 | non-linear www | OmeU
This online documentary project reports on the day-to-day experiences of men, women and children on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli border, in Gaza (Palestine) and Sderot (Israel). Under difficult living conditions and the threat of air attacks and bombings, people do keep on working, loving and dreaming. Life in spite of everything.
In order to document this will to live, short chronicles (2 minutes each) are shot by both Israeli and Palestinian teams, day after day for two months, and placed on the site. These short stories follow six characters from each country and every week there is a new story of each character. The stories are aired via the Internet and users have a personal, interactive and non-linear access to these contents on the site ARTE France which will include the videos, blogs, forums, links etc.