3-10 Sep ‘23
 
Rus

In her footsteps (2017)

In her footsteps
12+
  • Country:

    Israel

  • Duration:

    70 min

  • Program:

    Competition, 5th MJFF

  • Type:

    Documentary, Feature

  • Genre:

    biography

  • Director:

    Rana Abu Fraiha

  • Producer:

    Ibtisam Mara'ana

  • Cast:

    Rana Abu Fraiha, Yasmeen Abu Fraiha‎‏

About film

The film’s narrator is the director herself, and this is the real story of Rana Abu Fraiha’s family. Her mother Rudaina was born in the Triangle area and married a Bedouin Arab from the south against the will of her family. They had to leave her hometown, where she couldn’t even walk the streets on her own. The family and their children ended up in Omer, where Arab children go to Jewish schools. Abu Fraiha tells her mother’s story which turns out to be the story of the entire country in miniature. We learn that Rudaina has cancer and that she wishes to be buried in a place where she isn’t permitted to - a Jewish cemetery.

Rewards and nominations

  • Jerusalem Film Festival 2017 - Van Leer Award for Best Director of a Documentary

Director

Rana Abu Fraiha
Abu Fraiha was born in Tel Sheva, to Rudaina, an English teacher, and Awda, a transportation engineer. Her father, who is Bedouin, grew up in poverty, and was intended to become a shepherd. Her mother was a Palestinian Arab from the agricultural village Gath in the Triangle area. Abu Fraiha studied architecture, and then documentary filmmaking, at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. She works as a counselor for the Looking Forward Association, which works to identify outstanding youth from the geographical and social peripheries, and prepare them for higher education in film television and the arts.

Along with
Q&A. Nationality, gender and women’s identity

Along with
Q&A. Nationality, gender and women’s identity

Trailer

Director

Rana Abu Fraiha
Abu Fraiha was born in Tel Sheva, to Rudaina, an English teacher, and Awda, a transportation engineer. Her father, who is Bedouin, grew up in poverty, and was intended to become a shepherd. Her mother was a Palestinian Arab from the agricultural village Gath in the Triangle area. Abu Fraiha studied architecture, and then documentary filmmaking, at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. She works as a counselor for the Looking Forward Association, which works to identify outstanding youth from the geographical and social peripheries, and prepare them for higher education in film television and the arts.