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The will for freedom transcends imprisonment’s harsh conditions.
A creative documentary based on the powerful story of the Palestinian artist Zuhdi Al Adawi. IN 1975, at the age of fifteen Zuhdi is sentenced and confined in the high security prison of Askalan, Israel for fifteen years. With the help of his fellow prisoners and their families, he manages to stay alive by smuggling in color crayons and smuggling out his allegorical artwork done on pillowcases, so it finds its way to the outside world.

Credits

Director
Laila Hotait Salas
Screenwriter
Laila Hotait Salas
Producer
Laila Hotait Salas, Mohammad Hamdar, Federika Odriozola

About the Director

Laila Hotait Salas
Laila Hotait Salas, Ph.D, is a Lebanese-Spanish filmmaker and artist. Her first documentary film, ‘Crayons of Askalan’ (2011) has been presented in more than 20 film festivals, including Hot Docs, the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, CPH:DOX and DocsDF. Her sound art works have been presented at international venues such as the Centre Pompidou, the Kunst-im-Tunnel Museum Düsseldorf and several art gall
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