Movie: The dead still have a name

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Henry Ascher
Henry Ascher

Himself

Henning Mankell
Henning Mankell

Himself

Dror Feiler
Dror Feiler

Himself

Maria-Pia Boëthius
Maria-Pia Boëthius

Herself

Pnina Feiler
Pnina Feiler

Herself

Hannah Ascher
Hannah Ascher

Herself

Aron Ascher
Aron Ascher

Himself

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    In 2010 the Freedom Flotilla attempts to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. In international waters the flotilla is attacked by the Israeli army and 9 people are killed. 9 anonymous people. But the dead still have a name. In 2014 Gaza is attacked by Israel. 2131 Palestinians are killed, among them 513 children. 513 dead children. But the dead children still have names. The film is about a Jewish person who has made a political journey from the Vietnam war to Gaza. This person is the paediatrician Henry Ascher, who lost his fathers entire family in the Holocaust.

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    2015-05-08

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    4.2

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