The Crayons of Askalan
Laila Hotait Salas
Lebanon, 2012, 52 min.
In Arabic/Hebrew with English subtitles.
A Palestinian man discovers that art is more powerful than violence during years of incarceration in an Israeli prison. In this creative and timely documentary, the imprisoned artist has a revolutionary way to penetrate the prison walls with little more than crayons.
Category: Documentary.
Themes: Arts, Humanities, Social Justice, World Cinema.
Monday, April 22
The Screening Room
8:00pm
Filmmaker by Skype
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