Where Should the Birds Fly?(2013)
"Where should we go after the last frontiers? Where should the birds fly after the last sky?" –Mahmoud Darwish
The film tells the compelling and moving stories of two remarkable young women living in Gaza and the struggle of Gazans trying to maintain their humanity and humor while hoping to find some sense of normality in a world that is anything but normal.
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