Origin: Unknown | Fiction | Director: Samer Salameh | 4 minutes

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Penelope

Samer Salameh 2009 fiction 4 min.

In this short video art piece by Samer Salameh, the myth of Penelope is
reimagined in terms of the Palestinian reality of exile and the faithful
wait for return. As Penelope (an elderly Palestinian woman) weaves a
woollen sweater, her husband grows distracted in his own waiting, and
begins inadvertently unravelling the same sweater. Salameh suggests the
wool as a thread of time and loyalty, separating Penelope from Palestine,
while extending eternal and forever rebeginning.

Full feature: http://vimeo.com/73020719

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