VIDEO / AUDIO
Soundtrack throughout: ‘Child of the Troubles’ by Roy Todd ©
Open on close up of Israeli woman –Aaron’s mother ‐ in labour. She is cared for by a midwife and her husband. There is much panting and puffing as she does Lamaze‐ style breathing and clutches her husband’s hand.
SFX: General hum of a hospital
Aaron’s mother (Lamaze breathing)
Hee hee hooooo, hee hee hooooo
Israeli midwife (in Hebrew):
Not too long now. Baby is coming.
Subtitles in English: Not too long now. Baby is coming.
Cut to close up of a Palestinian woman – Abdul‐Haqq’s mother ‐ in labour. She is cared for by a midwife and her husband. There is much panting and puffing as she does Lamaze‐style breathing and clutches her husband’s hand.
SFX: General hum of a hospital
Abdul‐Haqq’s mother (Lamaze breathing):
Hee hee hooooo, hee hee hooooo
Palestinian midwife (in Arabic):
Not too long now. Baby is coming.
Subtitles in English: Not too long now. Baby is coming.
Cut to split screen showing two crying newborn babies, mouths wide.
SFX: Crying babies
Abdul‐Haqq VO in Arabic:
We are born the same.
SUPER 1 (Appears at Abdul‐Haqq VO, stays on screen): We are born the same.
Aaron VO in Hebrew:
We are born the same.
SUPER 2 (Appears at Aaron VO, directly beneath Super 1): We are born the same.
Cut to split screen with parallel shots of Abdul‐ Haqq, a Palestinian solider and Aaron, an Israeli solider, being gunned down during the Israeli‐Palestine conflict.
SFX: Distant sounds of gunfire. Someone cries out. Silence except for lingering notes of music.
Abdul‐Haqq in Arabic:
We will die the same
SUPER 1 (Appears at Abdul‐Haqq VO, stays on screen): We will die the same.
Aaron in Hebrew:
We will die the same.
SUPER 2 (Appears at Aaron VO, directly beneath Super 1): We will die the same.
Cut to shot of Abdul‐Haqq’s grieving mother embracing grieving Aaron’s mother. They cling to each other and weep throughout take.
SFX: Sounds of women weeping.
Abdul‐Haqq VO in English:
We started it.
Aaron VO in English:
We started it
Both Abdul‐Haqq and Aaron VO in unison:
We will end it.
SUPER [fade in at “we will end it”]: We have more in common than you think.
Screen cuts to black.
SUPER [fade out]: We have more in common than you think.
SFX: Final note of song fades away.
ENDS
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