VIBEKE LØKKEBERG: TEARS OF GAZA

Today I saw the documentary film "Tears of Gaza" by Vibeke Løkkeberg.

I saw her on a quiet spot before the film, and she let me take a picture. She has a fascinating face and very strong personality. She is Norway's leading feminist artists; as actor, director, screenwriter and author.

"Tears of Gaza" is made in a rough style by footage, and shows the brutal consequences of modern wars. The film shows how women and children handle their everyday life after a dramatic war experience. Many of them live in tents or in ruins without walls or roofs. They are all in need of money, food, water and electricity. Others have lost family members, or are left with seriously injured children. The film follows three children through the war and the period after the ceasefire.

The audience cried during the whole film, looking down, looking to the side, grasping the hand of their love. When the film was over, we all left quiet as in a funeral. I felt sick many hours after, shocked and in distress, like she was herself by the war and injustice forced upon children and other civilians. In Gaza there live 1,5 million people, over 50 % is under 18.

The situation in Gaza is still precarious.