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Shown recently in New York as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Gaza Strip views the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the eyes of a 13-year-old Palestinian newspaper vendor. Shot in the winter and spring of 2001, the documentary focuses on the reasons for Palestinian rage and grief.
This article appears in August 23 • 2002.
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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years. More by Marjorie Baumgarten
