Yalla Parkour
Areeb Zuaiter
89 min
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Filmed in:
Sweden, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Description:
Yalla Parkour is a documentary about Areeb Zuaiter’s return to Gaza, where she reconnects with parkour athlete Ahmed Matar. Together, they explore Gaza’s landscape, using parkour as a means to reflect on Palestinian resilience and belonging.
In her relentless pursuit of a memory that reinforces her sense of belonging, Areeb crosses paths with Ahmed, a parkour athlete in Gaza, sparking a journey where conflicting aspirations intersect. Nostalgia meets with ambition, and the weight of a confined past meets with an unpredictable future.
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