House of Hope: New film follows a Waldorf-inspired school in the West Bank

At 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 husband in the occupied 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. I wanted the audience to be there with them,” director Marjolein Busstra told Al Jazeera.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4French-Iranian Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi dies of ‘sadness’list 2 of 4How American food, film and music influences culture around the worldlist 3 of 4‘Limited damage’: Upcoming Bollywood film angers Kashmir pellet gun victimslist 4 of 4Spain’s Oscar-winning actor raises Palestine flag at World Cup matchend of listThe film follows Wahhab, a Palestinian woman who established a Waldorf school with her husband, Milad Vosgueritchian, in al-Eizariya in the occupied West Bank.House of Hope Vision Kindergarten & School teaches the Waldorf philosophy of non-violent resistance and offers children a space to express their emotions and cope with the trauma and...