Rent Fadia's Tree (2022)
3.6 of 5 from 55 ratings
1h 26min
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- Synopsis:
While millions of birds migrate freely in the skies, Fadia, a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, yearns for the ancestral homeland she is denied. After a chance meeting with film director Sarah Beddington, Fadia challenges her new friend to find an ancient mulberry tree that stands witness to her family's existence - with only inherited memories, a blind man and a two-headed dragon as her guides. Along the way, Sarah crosses paths with ornithologists, whose observations on the homing instincts of the birds shine a light on the unresolved problems in the region. Filmed over fifteen years, artist Sarah Beddington's debut film adopts a birds' eye view to tell the story of a friendship that stays connected across a divided land, reflecting on freedom of movement, exile, identity and the hope of returning home. - Directors:
- Sarah Beddington
- Producers:
- Sarah Beddington, Susan Simnett
- Creators:
- Sarah Beddington
- Writers:
- Sarah Beddington
- Studio:
- Verve Pictures
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
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Reviews (1) of Fadia's Tree
Sad documentary - Fadia's Tree review by AER
A poignant tale of a woman who longs to see a mulberry tree that stood on her family's plot of land. It is the only living thing in her family that stood against the expulsion of her family and so many others from their homes in Palestine when the Balfour Declaration came into effect. Since childhood Fadia has lived in a permanent refugee camp over the border in Lebanon, just 15 minutes from her old village but she is unable to cross the border. It's a sad tale, one full of wistfulness and hope. Fadia makes friends with a British documentary filmmaker who sets off in search of her tree with very little concrete fact to go on.
There is also an interesting parallel story of birdwatchers and wild migratory birds who have no need for borders.
Interesting, heavy emotions, and worth a look to see a very human story to focus on as Israel and Palestine are at war in 2023.
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