Film review: OMAR, from Built For Speed

Director Hany Abu-Assad’s latest film Omar portrays the saddening and desperate conflict in the West Bank in a believable manner that thankfully doesn’t ignore basic humanity of people on both sides. Omar (Adam Bakri) is a young baker who has recently joined the Palestinian resistance forces with his childhood friends the hard-headed Tarek (Iyad Hoorani) and the meek Amjad (Samer

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What’s on Built For Speed, Friday 13th June 2014

This week on Built For Speed we take a look at two films set in the world’s trouble spots: Good Vibrations returns us to Northern Ireland in the late 70’s where punk impresario Terri Hooley, against all odds, established his famous record shop and punk label.  We also venture into the West Bank for the intense Palestinian drama Omar.  There’s

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