Synopsis and questions about the documentary "Palestine for beginners"

1. Synopsis
Zimmy loves to do two things in life: play the bass with
his band, the Lou del Bello’s, and hang out in the city
that he loves, Bologna. One day the band members
organize a trip to teach music to kids in a
Palestinian refugee camp near Bethlehem. Can
Zimmy turn them down? Obviously not: he goes and
brings with him his friendBerna, a cook.
In Palestine Zimmy does just fine and in fact he
develops a bond with a family, the Azzahs: Mohamed,
his sister Mirna and their grandmother Um Yunis.
While Berna tours the markets to discover Palestinian
flavours, Zimmy can’t understand why the Azzah family
can’t go back to their village, BejitJibrin, from which
they were banished in 1948. So he decides to go there
himself…
What is the title of the docufilm? (translate it into English)
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Who is it directed by?
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Who are the protagonists?
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Where are they from?
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Where are they planning to go? Why?
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Is it easy for Palestinians to travel? Why?
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Why did the village move into tents between 1948 to 1958?
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What is “Nakba”?Nakba means ____________. It refers to the ____________of Palestine in
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What surrounds Bethehem? How tall is it?
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What slogan can you read on the wall?
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2. Why is Mirna happy that European people go to visit them in Palestine?
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Which stereotypes does she mention about Palestinians? Which about Italians?
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Why is there a net covering the shops in Hebron ?
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Why do the settlers scare the Palestinians?
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What do all refugees wish?
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Have the Israeli settlers stopped occupying Palestinian land?
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How does the documentary end?
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Other stories from Palestine:
Organization Main objective Peace Activist Where? What do they
do?
Association
Community Pope
John XXIII
International
Solidarity
Movement
Vittorio Operation At-Twuani a Alessandra International The Gaza Support International
Arrigoni Dove: small volunteers Strip Palestinian volunteers
nonviolent village in escort non-violent escort the
peace corps the West children resistance by fishermen
Bank going to documenting and the
school with videos farmers.
and articles They act as
human
shields.
Glossary:
Refugees = profughi Refugee Camp = campo profughi Gaza Strip: Striscia di Gaza
Partition = partizione Settlers = coloni Checkpoints= posto di controllo
Human shields = scudi umani