Hafreiat

Directed by: Alex Sarda Released: 2024 (educational) Year of Production: 2022 Running Time: 79 min Language: Spanish Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions Subjects: Middle Eastern Studies                 Under the heat of the sun at a Spanish archeological mission in northern Jordan, Abu Dya, a Palestinian Jordanian, digs the land for long hours. Salaries are low and the cost of living is rising. But Abu Dya wants to provide a different life for his family, but a criminal record stymies his efforts. Hafreiat shows one man’s relationship with his family, the land and its laws, and questions the possibility of banishing the past in a society that seems opposed to reintegration.              FESTIVALS: 2022 SHEFFIELD DOC FEST – INTERNATIONAL FIRST FEATURE COMPETITION2022 AJYAL FILM FESTIVAL – AJYAL COMPETITION2022 SEMINCI – DOC ESPAÑA2023 MIRADASDOC2023 ONE WORLD ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS & DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL2023 FIDADOC2023 JERUSALEM ARAB F