In response to all the excellent comments about my post, “Checkpoint Etiquette,” I am thrilled to share this must-see video “Yala to the Moon” which I saw on Electronic Intifada.
The fact that such a joyful, creative, and hopeful film can be made here, despite the checkpoints (and all they symbolize), is answer to that oft-asked question, “How can you stand it?” Palestinians don’t just “stand it,” they create.
Enjoy! And if you like it, share a comment. (And if you don’t like it, please get some help!)
What a heartwarming story! I especially loved that the girl was thrilled that her baby brother was still awake, as she was ready to do her show and needed him in her audience. The rest of her audience was so creative, and you could really feel that she lived in a rich, imaginative world that helped keep the pain of their circumstances at bay. She will change the world, of that one has no doubt.
I agree! I love, love, love this film, and thinking about it even makes me happy as I drive through Qalandia checkpoint looking for that girl, Aseel!
Brings back memories of the Mexican border in San Diego…Well done short and very well acted by the children! We should all have such imaginations!
I showed this to my eight-year-old & four-year-old last night and they LOVED it. Although my eight-year-old asked me, “When you were a kid, did you ever feel that there were bad things in the world and you would never be able to do anything about them?” Sigh.
An eight year old who asks that question is an eight year old who is going to change the world, or perhaps already is.