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When a family is separated by 200 meters — and the occupation

JL;DR SUMMARY 200 Meters explores the painful realities of living amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the poignant story of Mustafa, a Palestinian father separated from his family by Israel's separation barrier. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israeli Palestinian ConflictOccupationFamily SeparationSeparation BarrierPersonal StoriesCheckpointsPalestinian Cinema200 MetersAmeen NayfehHuman Rights Watch Film Festival

Places mentioned

Tulkarm, Palestinian Territories
"Mustafa (Ali Suliman), lives in Tulkarm, a city in the West Bank."
Palestinian Territories
"they were protesting Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, the looming eviction of families in East Jerusalems Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and mob violence against Arab Israelis."
Germany
"and Anne, his German (and, we slowly realize, Israeli) girlfriend, who is making a documentary about the trip."
Jordan
"but then I went to film school in Jordan."

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