Don’t Take My Joy Away

In the Shatila Palestinian camp in Lebanon, two friends, Omar and Omar, find moments of joy amid hardship until sudden violence forces them to confront loss and survival.

Film Maker
Gabriel, Omar
Year
2024
Country
Lebanon
Length
7
Language
Arabic
Format
Digital File
Category
(De)colonization, Abuse, Arab, body, Class-struggle, Community, Culture, dance, Diaspora, environment, gay, Gender, Identity, Immigration, Indigenous, LGBTQ, Love + Hate, Memory, Mental Health, music, Performance, Poetry, Portraits, Poverty, Race + Ethnicity, Racism, Religion, Resistance, Society, spirituality, Time + Space, Urban, Violence, War + Conflict, Youth
Genre
docufiction, documentary, narrative, queer, short