The Poem We Sang

Director

Annie Sakkab

Country

Palestine

Runtime

21 min

Language

Arabic

Synopsis

An experimental documentary film that relies on black and white to narrate its story and reflect on the different meanings of love-family love and longing for home-in an attempt to overcome the experience of forced displacement

Cast

Celina Sakkab, Hanna Sakkab, Annie Sakkab

Screenplay

Annie Sakkab and Paul Lee

Producers

Annie Sakkab and Paul Lee

About the Director

Annie Sakkab is a Palestinian-Jordanian-Canadian filmmaker and a photojournalist. Her first short documentary, Hollie's Dress, had its world premiere at Hot Docs 2020 and was screened later in 46 festivals and received 16 awards.