Sayed Kashua: Forever Scared (2009)
Filmed over seven years, Sayed Kashua: Forever Scared is a fascinating journey inside the complicated life and complex mind of a unique and creative Palestinian citizen of Israel. Sayed Kashua always feels he doesn't belong. The Jews don't like him because he's an Arab. The Arabs don't like him because he's successful. The Arabs think he's a collaborator. The Jews think he's an alcoholic. He is always viewed as The Other, and he's always scared. Sayed Kashua - Forever Scared accompanies Kashua, an Israeli-Arab author and scriptwriter, for seven years through the upheavals and events that change his life. This is an intimate yet political portrait of a writer and publicist who is also a loving husband and a father of two. His family pays a heavy price for the choices he makes and the perpetual wandering from place to place, from nation to nation, belonging neither here nor there.
Primary Title
- Sayed Kashua: Forever Scared
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 31 July 2012
Release Year
- 2009
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- Filmed over seven years, Sayed Kashua: Forever Scared is a fascinating journey inside the complicated life and complex mind of a unique and creative Palestinian citizen of Israel. Sayed Kashua always feels he doesn't belong. The Jews don't like him because he's an Arab. The Arabs don't like him because he's successful. The Arabs think he's a collaborator. The Jews think he's an alcoholic. He is always viewed as The Other, and he's always scared. Sayed Kashua - Forever Scared accompanies Kashua, an Israeli-Arab author and scriptwriter, for seven years through the upheavals and events that change his life. This is an intimate yet political portrait of a writer and publicist who is also a loving husband and a father of two. His family pays a heavy price for the choices he makes and the perpetual wandering from place to place, from nation to nation, belonging neither here nor there.
Classification
- AO
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- Hebrew
- Arabic
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Jewish-Arab relations
- Documentary television programs
- Authors, Palestinian Arab--21st century--Biography.
Genres
- Biography
- Documentary
Contributors
- Sayed Kashua (Subject)
- Dorit Zimbalist (Director)
- Barak Heymann (Producer)
- Second Authority for Television & Radio (Production Unit)
- Heymann Brothers Films (Production Unit)
- Dorit Zimbalist (Writer)
Subjects
- Jewish-Arab relations
- Documentary television programs
- Authors, Palestinian Arab--21st century--Biography.