How can a deeply troubling depiction of the impact of arrests, torture, and incarceration on Palestinian youth and their families also be hopeful? By capturing, as this film does, the remarkable resilience, warmth, and creativity of those who are trying to help a new generation face the future.
Lila Abu-Lughod
Professor, Department of Anthropology,
Institute for Research on Women and Gender
Columbia University
Degrees of Incarceration documents the arbitrariness of the Israeli Occupation Authorities in the 1967 conquered Palestinian territories regarding imprisonment of Palestinians. The viewer gets an intimate understanding of Israel’s policy of nipping potential Palestinian resistors in the bud at age sixteen and younger. But what is unique about this film is that it shows the way in which the community strengthens its youth through programs at the Lajee Center. This film demonstrates that Palestinians continue to struggle against the subjugation of their human spirit, and challenges the veracity of portrayals of Palestinians as despairing people.
Elaine C. Hagopian
Prof. Emerita of Sociology
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