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Zooland, is a 2016 Palestinian movie, directed by Pary El-Qalqili. with a runtime of 32 minutes.
Zooland is a Palestinian documentary set inside a small zoo where murals of wide-open landscapes and cloudless skies line the surrounding walls — ironic symbols of freedom in a place defined by occupation. Workers go about their daily routines feeding and talking to the animals, but the true story surfaces through quiet, telling details: a giraffe shot dead by the Israeli military, and lions permitted entry only after being sterilized. Gradually and tentatively, the zoo's staff begin to open up about what it means to live and work under occupation, transforming an ordinary workplace into a profound and unsettling meditation on confinement, resistance, and resilience.
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