Salt of This Sea (2008)
Overview : Born in Brooklyn to Palestinian refugee parents, Soraya (Suheir Hammad) decides to journey to the country of her ancestry when she discovers that her grandfather's savings have been frozen in a Jaffa bank account since his 1948 exile. However, she soon finds that her simple plan is a complicated undertaking — one that takes her further from her comfort zone than she'd imagined.
Release Date : May 16, 2008
Runtime : 109m
Companies : Clarity Productions, Louverture Films, Philistine Films, Tarantula, Thelma Film, JBA Production, Mediapro, Augustus Film, JBA Productions
Countries : Palestinian Territory, Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America
Keywords : palestine, woman director, diaspora