21 minutes that'll ruin gym bros for you forever.
BLESSED BLESSED OBLIVION weaves together a portrait of masculine performativity in East Jerusalem, as manifested in gyms, body shops and hair dressing parlors.
Direction
Manna's patient gaze weaponizes intimacy.
Cinematography
Sweat, oil, chrome — bodies as contested territory.
Sound
Hamsawi's voiceover hypnotizes and destabilizes.
Director
Jumana Manna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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