Palestinian animation of breast cancer battle

Her back to the camera, a Gaza woman ashamedly unbuttons her dress before a female Israeli soldier, revealing that her breasts were removed in a failed attempt to halt cancer.In this climactic scene in Fatenah, a new Palestinian animation, the heroine flunks the security check and is not allowed to enter Israel for treatment.The 30-minute film is inspired by the story of a Gazan woman whose battle against breast cancer included fighting inept Palestinian doctors and indifferent Israeli soldiers.It was documented in a report by the Israeli branch of Physicians for Human Rights after she died in 2004.Director Ahmad Habash said he used animation to make the grim subject more appealing.

BBC | July 2, 2009

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