Via Dolorosa

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Via Dolorosa, is a 2021 Palestinian movie, directed by Oraib Toukan. with a runtime of 21 minutes.

Overview

Via Dolorosa is an experimental documentary work that rearranges and slows down footage shot by the late Palestinian photographer and cinematographer Hani Jawharieh. The footage was found among piles of film reels discarded by former Soviet cultural centres in Amman, Jordan, and is accompanied by commentary from literary and film scholar Nadia Yaqub. The film takes its name from the historic processional route in Jerusalem — a road Jawharieh himself filmed in his birth city — drawing a resonant link between personal archive, collective memory, and the Palestinian experience of place and loss.

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