LONDON PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER 13-26, 2020

BARBICAN CINEMA ON DEMAND | LPFF Vimeo On Demand

An Unusual Summer
Kamal Aljafari | 2020 | 80’

13 - 26 November
Barbican Cinema on Demand

Following an act of vandalism, the filmmaker's father installs a camera to record the scenes unfolding in front of the family house. 

Everyday life, neighbours going to work, sisters gossiping; surveillance footage captures the poetic rhythm of life. In the microcosm of this street corner, we witness the daily choreography of the Palestinian city of Ramla. “Life must be disrupted in order to be revealed,” the screen prophetically tells us, words dancing along uncalibrated lines. 

Coloured, serrated images, punctuated with stolen sounds and a child’s observations, Aljafari creates a mechanical diary that scrolls along the screen presenting the audience with a personal and eminently political fresco.

This film includes a pre-recorded Q&A with Kamal Aljafari, (Filmmaker) and Nat Muller (Art Curator and Critic).