Rainbow (2004)

Documentary 40m

A video essay meditating on the aftermath of "Operation Rainbow", an Israeli military operation in the Palestinian town of Rafah, Gaza Strip, in 2004.

“These are people who have crossed my path...Some of these rose from among the debris. Carrying their tears, some were looking for answers to worries that haunted them...Others were exhausted by contemplating the reality ...They appeared like me...I used to love the camera and believe in what it could do to transfer the pain...forget sorrows, or may be promise of a better life.”

Director: Abdel Salam Shehada

To My Father (2008)

Documentary, 53m

“Those were days when people prettier, when eyes were filled with colour, even in black and white. What has changed - the camera, or the eye?" asks Abdel Salam Shehadah's poetic homage to the studio photographers of the 1950's - 70's. Set partly in a refugee camp in Rafah, the film looks back at fifty years of Palestinian and Arab history, told through the photographs, reportage and the voices of these photographers today.

Director: Abdel Salam Shehada

Producer: Qassim Ali

Cinematographer: Abdel Salam Shehada

Editor: Abdelrahman Hussien