Origin: Chile USA France | Documentary | Director: Yasmine Benabdallah | 51 minutes

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Ojalá: la vuelta al origen
Dir. Yasmine Benabdallah 2019 documentary 51 min. Chile/USA/France
"Ojalá: la vuelta al origen” is a work-in-progress documentary feature film about being a Palestinian descendant in Chile and maintaining the cultural resistance through dance.” Her father being Palestinian and her mother from Chile Anne Marie Lolas is teaching oriental dance and Dabke in Santiago
From the perspective of bellydance and Dabke teacher Anne Marie Lolas, the film creates a conversation between diasporic identities and the practice of art.
Directors Q&A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auVVINXJkDs

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