Frontiers of Dreams and Fears
A film filled with so much hope and so much heartbreak. These days, I feel so much of the latter. I was just a constant stream of tears while watching the embraces of loved ones between barbed wire, Palestinian children saying their dreams are dying under the occupation, ghostly walks through ruined land that was once their ancestors'... Even happier moments — a surge of hope right after South Lebanon's liberation, exchanges of flirtatious letters between teenagers, girls giggling in their bedrooms — made me feel so sad for what they are deprived of right this moment. 823
My heart shattered, once more, during the DC rally scene with all the protest signs. How is it that twenty-two years later (75, really), we are still pleading: Please do not kill children. We must protect Palestinian lives and dreams.
But amid the heartbreak, hope was also revived, especially after something of a life-affirming Q&A with the filmmaker, <PERSON>. Let us never bury that hope, it is the least we can do for the Palestinian people. As <PERSON> said, they have no choice but to keep hoping. 61