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The dead still have a name
4.2 / 10• 2015• 1h 19m•NR• Swedish
Documentary
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
HA
Henry Ascher
Himself
Lead
Henning Mankell
Himself
DF
Dror Feiler
Himself
MB
Maria-Pia Boëthius
Herself
PF
Pnina Feiler
Herself
HA
Hannah Ascher
Herself
AA
Aron Ascher
Himself
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bo Harringer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The dead still have a name is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
