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Thakira Mathkouba

Perforated Memory
Sandra Madi
2008 Jordania 62 minutes Arabic

Perforated Memory retraces the steps of the fedahin at different moments of the Palestinian resistance. Today, these men and women are old, sick, disabled and poor. Some spent long years in Israeli prisons, others returned from combat mutilated. Now they are forced to fight for their rights to a pension and health care. The associations where they meet up possess nonetheless a hidden treasure: they are places of memories, a living memory of the Palestinian resistance movement that finds expression nowhere else. With its long static and well-composed shots of individuals inserted into sequences of group discussions, the editing of Perforated Memory reflects the dispersion and isolation of these all-important witnesses, who are as alone in their present old age as they were in their past combats. (Yann Lardeau)

Sandra Madi

Sandra Madi est née à Amman en Jordanie en 1976. Diplômée de l’Arab Institute of Films, elle est comédienne de théâtre et travaille en free lance comme auteur, réalisatrice et productrice pour différentes chaînes de télévision, comme Aljazeera. Elle a réalisé auparavant deux courts-métrages.

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Sandra Madi, born in Amman – Jordan 1976 is a Film Director , Actress achieved awards in different festivals as an actress in theatre , producer and a researcher for Documentaries the latest was in Iraq August 2005, graduated from the AIF (Arab Institute of Film) in December 2006.
In her records two short movies; “BAEEDAN AN HONA” 28 minutes (Far Away from Here) it takes the philosophical side and the dramatically life of the Jordanian writer Mohammad Tomaleh and his struggle with cancer; and the movie “QAMAR 14” (Full Bloom) 46 minutes. “THAKIRA MATHQUBA” (Perforated Memory) , the winning film scenario in Al Arabia Channel Documentary Workshop ADW 2007

Production :
Red Carbon Productions
Editing :
Eyad Hama; Samar Azzeh
Sound :
Samer Amaari
Photography :
Sandra Madi
Copy Contact :
Red Carbon Productions

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