Obaida

Obaida

#What does it feel like to be led away from your home by a soldier, while blindfolded? What happens when a military occupation looms over an entire childhood?


(6 from 35 users)

0h 07m 2019 HD

OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military arrest. Each year, some 700 Palestinian children undergo military detention in a system where ill-treatment is widespread and institutionalized. For these young detainees, few rights are guaranteed, even on paper. After release, the experience of detention continues to shape and mark former child prisoners’ path forward.


Related Movies

  • 2006
    Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

    Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

    Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

    6.92006HD

    A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.

    Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
  • 1992
    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    7.51992HD

    A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he...

    Malcolm X
  • 1999
    The 13th Warrior

    The 13th Warrior

    The 13th Warrior

    6.71999HD

    A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland joins a group of Vikings, initially offended by their behavior but growing to respect them. As they...

    The 13th Warrior
  • 2020
    The Man Card

    The Man Card

    The Man Card

    02020HD

    For years, right-wing politicians and pundits have repeatedly criticized the left for playing “the race card” and “the woman...

    The Man Card
  • 1961
    Judgment at Nuremberg

    Judgment at Nuremberg

    Judgment at Nuremberg

    81961HD

    In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity....

    Judgment at Nuremberg
  • 2016
    Manda huevos

    Manda huevos

    Manda huevos

    82016HD

    A look at the different masculinities portrayed in Spanish cinema through time. (A sequel to “Barefoot in the Kitchen,” 2013.)

    Manda huevos
  • 2002
    Hero

    Hero

    Hero

    7.52002HD

    During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had...

    Hero
  • 2004
    Hotel Rwanda

    Hotel Rwanda

    Hotel Rwanda

    7.72004HD

    Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly...

    Hotel Rwanda
  • 1925
    Battleship Potemkin

    Battleship Potemkin

    Battleship Potemkin

    7.61925HD

    A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The...

    Battleship Potemkin
  • 1959
    Ben-Hur

    Ben-Hur

    Ben-Hur

    7.91959HD

    In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of...

    Ben-Hur
  • 2007
    Sounds of Sand

    Sounds of Sand

    Sounds of Sand

    6.12007HD

    On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there’s the threat...

    Sounds of Sand
  • 2008
    Valkyrie

    Valkyrie

    Valkyrie

    6.92008HD

    Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to...

    Valkyrie