Hummus: A Story of Appropriation

Using the cultural appropriation of the popular chickpea dip hummus as a frame, the film chronicles the lives of some ordinary Palestinians in Jerusalem.

Using the cultural appropriation of the popular chickpea dip hummus as a frame, the film chronicles the lives of some ordinary Palestinians in Jerusalem. Conditions in the city affect their lives such that they cannot mourn the past, live the present, or contemplate a future. Their very humanity is appropriated. In many ways, their lives parallel the fate of hummus.