
Bekas
2012

2007
Director
Amin Matalqa
Runtime
102 minutes
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Abu Raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned to travel the world but has never been able to afford it. One day, he finds an old discarded pilot's hat, and discovers a calling: a group of children in his poor neighborhood assume he's an airline captain and beg him to share stories of the world outside of Amman, Jordan. Through imaginary tales, a friendship forms, and Abu Raed is soon faced with the grim realities of the children's home life. Thus he takes it upon himself to make a difference in their lives.
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Captain Abu Raed is a significant work of intersectional storytelling that challenges conventional geopolitical narratives. It succeeds by transforming refugees from passive subjects of international policy into active agents of their own dignity. The film's primary strength is its exceptional depth in racial and ethnic representation. By centering a Palestinian narrative, it disrupts the tendency of global cinema to treat Middle Eastern populations as monolithic victims. However, the film maintains a traditional gender hierarchy. The narrative architecture largely reinforces masculine archetypes of responsibility and protection, leaving female characters in the periphery.

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