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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.

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