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Flying Paper

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$Flying Paper film trailer (4 mins 44 secs) featuring an interview with filmmakers Nitin Sawhney and Roger Hill. Trailer edited by Ramon Campos and Farzad Wafapoor, with animation by Daniel Nienhuis (April 2012). The music used in trailer is Â“Fancy FootworkÂ” by Adam Skorupa. The closing interview with film character Abeer was produced by Anne Paq in Gaza and translated from Arabic to English by Hadeel Assali. Copyright Flying Paper Productions 2013 Synopsis: Flying Paper is a feature-length documentary film that tells the uplifting story of Palestinian children in Gaza on a quest to shatter the Guinness World Record for the most kites ever flown. It showcases the creative resilience of these children making and flying kites despite the odds. The film has been co-produced with young Palestinians in Gaza trained by the filmmakers through a youth media program called Voices Beyond Walls. While the record-breaking event is what drives the filmÂ’s narrative arc, it is the everyday stories of the young kite makers that will touch audiences through their humor and playful spirit. The film seeks to humanize the conflict through a touching cinematic rendering of the fascinating kite culture among children as a form of creative resistance in Gaza. Film website: http://www.FlyingPaper.org Contribute: https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=6482$

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Flying Paper tells the uplifting story of resilient Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip on a quest to shatter the Guinness World Record for the most kites ever flown.Flying Paper tells the uplifting story of resilient Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip on a quest to shatter the Guinness World Record for the most kites ever flown.Flying Paper tells the uplifting story of resilient Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip on a quest to shatter the Guinness World Record for the most kites ever flown.