A trailer for a short documentary by Luke and John Tchalenko featuring human-rights lawyer and popular writer, Raja Shehadeh (Orwell Prize, 2008). The idyllic West Bank landscape is contrasted with the devastating Arab-Israeli ideological divide. A remarkable player of the ancient Nye flute invokes the vanishing landscape as a Bedouin tribe struggles for existence.

The Writer and the Flautist premiered at the South Bank Literary festival in London and was recently shown at The Filmhouse in Edinburgh as part of the Beyond Borders Festival.

You can see the whole 30-minute film here.