Catching at least one of the shorts this year.Samir (Omar Sameer) works as a butcher in an Israeli grocery store until he is accused of tearing down posters of hostages in the breakroom. He is told by the store manager (Roma Toledano) that someone saw him do it, and if he confesses they can move on with disciplinary actions. Except Samir knows that he didn't do it and he's being unfairly targeted for being Palestinian.
This is less about Israel-Palestine than it is about toxic workplace cultures and the everpresent threat of poverty. Samir gets by on the fringes but any kind of issue jeopardizes his entire life. That's pretty universal.
This is a moderately long short at 26 minutes and it's streaming on Kanopy with a library card. It reminds me of the short about a stolen bicycle from a few years back (White Eye).
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