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Ostura/Fable

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Director: Nizar Hassan
Country: Palestine
Year: 1998
Duration: 90 mins

Ostura means legend, myth or fable. Three generations of the Khalil family lived in the same house in Palestine until the summer of 1948. As a result of the creation of the state of Israel, the family lost their home and was dispersed, with three brothers separated – two raised in a refugee camp with their parents, the other with his grandmother who remained in Palestine. As they fight to maintain the family in the face of insurmountable obstacles, their story is a fable for the Palestinian struggle to overcome the catastrophe of dispossession and fragmentation.

Session Time:

Sunday 11 March, 7pm

Venue:

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
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