Les Bédouins d'Al Rachaideh
a film by Alaa Ashkar
France / 70 mins / colors
feature film in development
Farhan and his family belong to a Palestinian Bedouin community. With their herds, they live in the rolling hills of the West Bank desert.
Getting to their camp is not easy. From Tel Aviv airport, it's a two-hour drive through the southern desert, passing an Israeli checkpoint on the way to the last Ma'ale Amos settlement. Then you pass a military training camp and a disused building which is occasionally used as a venue for Israeli youth raves. After this, the road becomes a long dirt track that can only be travelled in a 4X4.
For Farhan and his family, the challenge is to continue living there, on the edge of the country, in this desert that is closing in on them.
written with Pierre Tonachella
Gogogo Films (Louise Bansard)
Un Monde Par Tous Foundation, CCFD Terre Solidaire