SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Drama documentary produced by Palestinian high school students at the Quaker-run Ramallah Friends Schools in the West Bank. It tells the story of Romeo and Juliet in the contemporary context of life in Ramallah. The film is in the form of dramatic scenes interspersed with documentary pieces to convey the lives of Palestinian teenagers. Romeo and Juliet meet at a party celebrating the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. They are married secretly by a sheikh, and Romeo does not hear of Juliet’s faked death because a messenger is stopped at an Israeli checkpoint.

Language

English

Country

Palestine

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2012

Duration

50 mins

Credits

Director

Yazan Nahas

Producer

Doug Hart

Screenplay

Faris Giacaman; Tarik Knorn

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Keywords

Palestine; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); School productions

Notes

Notes

£5 will be donated to Ramallah Friends School from the sale of each DVD (7/2012).

Part of the film is spoken in English with Arabic subtitles; other parts of the film are spoken in Arabic with English subtitles.

History

The film premiered in 2008.

Production Company

Name

Ramallah Friends School

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.