THE CANE by Abdel Salam Shehada.
A challenging, emotional documentary dealing with the issue of violence against children in Palestinian society(at home and in schools) and its economic, historic and social roots. Involves interviews and footage of children and their families, from Gaza and the West Bank, (2000)
The film focused primarily on a 14 year old boy who wrote a play to expose daily violence he and his fellow students endure by “angry teachers” who beat them with canes that some teachers call “Um El-Abed” and others call “the scorcher”.