DRYING UP PALESTINE

Drying Up Palestine

Palestina. 2007. . 28 min. Documental. .
  • Film Director: Rima Essa; Peter Snowdon.
  • Co-production: Reino Unido
A portrait of the stresses and strains imposed on Palestinian society by Israel's almost total control over access to water and sewage facilities in the West Bank, told in the words of ordinary people. A compelling picture of the impact of military occupation on everyday life.

Rima Essa
Rima Essa was born and brought up in the north of Israel, close to the Lebanon border. She became the first Palestinian director to graduate from the Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem. Her first film, a documentary portrait of her father, Ashes (2002), has been widely shown at film festivals. Most recently, she co-directed Hole in the Wall (2006) for the Alternative Information Centre, Jerusalem.
Peter Snowdon
Peter Snowdon was born and brought up in Northumberland, England. He has lived and worked in Paris and Cairo, and has travelled widely in Asia and the Middle East. In 2007, he won the main prize at the Oblo Underground Short Film Festival (Lausanne) for his experimental documentary based on Palestinian children’s songs, two thousand walls (a song for jayyous) (2006).