House of Hope: New film follows a Waldorf-inspired school in the West Bank
The cameras keep rolling.“To step into someone’s life with a camera at the moment when they’re really down, it feels a little bit uncomfortable, but we made the choice together to keep filming during these moments. It’s more about refusing to let occupation shape their inner world, so that they can actually be children and have agency,” Busstra said. “It’s in Waldorf philosophy that they make space to express the feelings.”Working with a Palestinian crew, Busstra spent three years with Wahhab, travelling to the occupied West Bank nine times throughout the course of the documentary.
- ▪The cameras keep rolling.“To step into someone’s life with a camera at the moment when they’re really down, it feels a little bit uncomfortable, but we made the choice together to keep filming during these moments.
- ▪It’s more about refusing to let occupation shape their inner world, so that they can actually be children and have agency,” Busstra said.
- ▪“It’s in Waldorf philosophy that they make space to express the feelings.”Working with a Palestinian crew, Busstra spent three years with Wahhab, travelling to the occupied West Bank nine times throughout the course of the documentary.
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News|Israel-Palestine conflictHouse of Hope: New film follows a Waldorf-inspired school in the West BankA documentary about a primary school in the West Bank follows children under occupation and the couple who run it even as Israel’s war persists.ListenListen (7 mins)SaveClick here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoThe House of Hope documentary depicts the horrors of Israeli occupation and a school's efforts against the odds to provide a rounded education that follows the Waldorf philosophy [Courtesy of First Hand Films]By Sophie StuberPublished On 26 Jul 202626 Jul 2026At one point in the documentary, House of Hope, the protagonist, Manar Wahhab, breaks down in a classroom corner in the school she founded with her…
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