The first Palestinian-produced feature directed by a woman, Annemarie Jacir’s feature debut,
Salt of This Sea, takes the audience to some unexpected and uncomfortable places.
It’s typical of “issue” films that oppressed people are represented by some type of noble hero or heroine who stands above their oppressor -- someone more forgiving, more understanding than the rest. This is not generally the case with Palestinian cinema. Filmmakers like Hany Abu-Assad and Elia Suleiman aren’t afraid to give their protagonists a certain edge, and Jacir takes things a bit further, giving us Soraya (poet Suheir Hammad), a hot-tempered Palestinian-American woman f...
Released:
2008
Rated:
NR
Length:
105 mins