Arna's Children

Arna's Children is a 2004 Dutch-Israeli documentary film directed by Juliano Mer Khamis and Danniel Danniel. The film's story revolves around a children's theater group in Jenin in the Palestinian territories established by Arna Mer-Khamis, the director's mother, an Israeli Jewish political and human rights activist.

Arna's Children
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJuliano Mer Khamis
Danniel Danniel
Produced byOsnat Trabelsi
Pieter van Huystee
Release date
  • April 20, 2004 (2004-04-20) (One World Film Festival)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryIsrael
Netherlands
LanguageArabic
Hebrew

The film portrays the lives of Arna Mer-Khamis and the children members of the theater including Ala el-Sabagr, Zakaria Zubeidi, Daud Zubeidi, Majdi Shadi, Haifa Staiti, Nidal Swetti, Yussef Swetti, Mahmoud Kaneri, Khairia Fakhri and Ashraf Abu-Alheji.[1][2][3][4]

The film won "Best Documentary Feature" in the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival.

Three of the theater children died in various operations or while resisting the Israeli army, namely Ala, Nidal, and Ashraf. Yussef committed a suicide attack in Hadera in 2001, murdering four civilians. Two other children, Daud and Zakaria were imprisoned.

The director of the film Juliano Mer Khamis was assassinated in Jenin on 4 April 2011 by masked militants.

References
  1. "Arna's Children (2004)". imdb.com. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  2. DARGIS, MANOHLA. "Young Voices From the Front Lines". nytimes.com. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  3. "Arna's Children". metacritic.com. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  4. "Arna's Children (2003)". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
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