20 minutes – Short, Experimental, Documentary
Language: Arabic, English Subtitles
Based on a poem by Khalil Al-Sakakini, a Palestinian Orthodox Christian teacher, scholar, poet, and Arab nationalist, The Poem We Sang is a 20-minute, colour and black and white, experimental documentary that meditates on love and longing – the love of one’s family and the longing for one’s home, contemplated through overcoming the trauma of loss of family home and of forced migration, transforming lifelong regrets into a healing journey of creative catharsis and bearing witness. It was selected to screen in the Home Grown Shorts programme at the 2024 Toronto Palestine Film Festival.
Paul Lee
Annie Sakkab
Paul Lee
Annie Sakkab
Tareq Jundi
Celina Sakkab
Hanna Sakkab
Annie Sakkab
Young Girl
Young Boy
Narrator, Poem Singer
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First published as Northernstars.net February 1, 1998
ISSN 2563 4895