Strawberry Fields

Israel, 2006, 60 mins
Director: Ayelet Heller

Description

A cheerful voice on the radio greets listeners: Civil servants, good morning, students, good morning, dear housewives, good morning, watch out for Israeli helicopters! The interminable drama and conflict of life in the occupied territories is played out against a green field of cultivated strawberries in this creative documentary that provides a fresh take on a much debated and seemingly endless human tragedy. Israeli filmmaker Ayelet Heller focuses her story on the small red fruit and all those who are charged with nurturing them from seedlings in the Gaza Strip to their destination in European gourmet food shops. Just as the crop is ready to be harvested and shipped out, the Israelis close the checkpoint and the strawberries seem destined to be wasted. All the while, the disengagement, the Hamas victory in the Palestinian elections and the ongoing battles, bombings and rhetoric continue to rage in the background.

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