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
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

Don’t Take My Joy Away

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