Why did we plant roses (planned 2023/2024)

75 minutes

Producer & Co- director: Mohanad Salahat

 Director: Ayed  Nabaa

Why Did We Plant Roses? is a feature-length documentary film, offering a journey through the life and experience of Iraqi filmmaker, Kassem Hawal. Kassem left his country for fear of dictatorship and love for cinema, to travel to a new country where both war but also the winds of change were actually taking place. He became one of the most active and prominent founders of what has been called, in retrospect, the Cinema of the Palestinian Revolution. For over 15 years, spanning the period going from 1970 to 1983, the latter movement gathered a collection of visual documents on the life and struggle of Palestinian refugee communities who were, at the time, in need of support and fighting for their identity.

Too watch a 4 minute teaser please klick on this link

New edited scenes? Klick here: Why Did we Plant Roses? Work in progress with English subtitle - YouTube