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Salt of This Sea

2008 · 1h 49m · Unrated Drama, Romance
Directed by Annemarie Jacir

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Overview

Born in Brooklyn to Palestinian refugee parents, Soraya (Suheir Hammad) decides to journey to the country of her ancestry when she discovers that her grandfather's savings have been frozen in a Jaffa bank account since his 1948 exile. However, she soon finds that her simple plan is a complicated undertaking — one that takes her further from her comfort zone than she'd imagined.

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54%
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Rotten

Ultimately, in a film that highlights the physical barriers - walls, roadblocks, armed guards - that keep Palestinians where the Israelis want them, the film's biggest barrier is the one Jacir erects between Soraya and the viewer.

Ian Buckwalter, NPR
Fresh

A sad and engrossing look at a haunted landscape.

Mike Hale, New York Times
Rotten

[An] impassioned, but wearisomely didactic, diaspora drama.

Eric Hynes, Time Out New York
Rotten

Soraya's rebellious bursts of rage come off more like the tantrums of a spoiled princess than the legitimate anger of an emerging activist.

Ella Taylor, Village Voice

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