| Time Code (Min/sec/frame) | Start/End | Dialogue/English | Screen Text | ||||
| 00:02:13 | Start | In Gaza, Palestinian fishermen are under siege, routinely coming under fire from the Israeli Navy. | |||||
| 00:08:15 | End | ||||||
| 00:10:10 | Start | On March 7, 2015 Tawfiq Abu Ryala was shot dead while working on his boat. | |||||
| 00:16:09 | End | ||||||
| 00:17:23 | Start | Tawfiq's Reef | |||||
| 0:24:01 | End | ||||||
| 00:43:15 | Start | There is a well known proverb: | |||||
| 00:47:14 | End | ||||||
| 00:51:04 | Start | One can never abandon the sea for a day, even if the sea abandons you for a season. | |||||
| 00:55:10 | End | ||||||
| 00:55:11 | Start | Even if you are catching nothing. For the day you stop may be the day you catch. | |||||
| 01:00:18 | End | ||||||
| 01:01:14 | Start | We try to fish and may God support us. | |||||
| 01:04:17 | End | ||||||
| 01:04:18 | Start | But with this siege, our hopes have diminished. | |||||
| 01:08:11 | End | ||||||
| 01:08:23 | Start | If we sweep the sea everyday within the allowed six mile zone, no fish will be left. | |||||
| 01:16:03 | End | ||||||
| 01:16:12 | Start | But if all the sea is open to us, we would have more hope to find fish. | |||||
| 01:22:14 | End | ||||||
| 01:29:05 | Start | Do you have cigarettes? | |||||
| 01:31:13 | End | ||||||
| 01:31:14 | Start | Why did I even call you? | |||||
| 01:33:05 | End | ||||||
| 01:34:01 | Start | He has money and property yet he asks for cigarettes! | |||||
| 01:37:11 | End | ||||||
| 01:38:02 | Start | He has money and property yet he asks for cigarettes! | |||||
| 01:40:14 | End | ||||||
| 01:40:15 | Start | They always come, no way out! Were you there? | |||||
| 01:44:11 | End | ||||||
| 01:44:12 | Start | No, I took a boat and went to the valley, | |||||
| 01:47:03 | End | ||||||
| 01:48:15 | Start | found nothing. | |||||
| 01:51:17 | End | ||||||
| 01:51:18 | Start | Then I came here (29 on GPS), we threw the net and got around 3 kilos. | |||||
| 01:57:09 | End | ||||||
| 01:57:10 | Start | I decided to take the risk and went deeper. We were able to fill four boxes with fish. | |||||
| 02:02:04 | End | ||||||
| 02:02:05 | Start | Did they say anything to you? | |||||
| 02:03:20 | End | ||||||
| 02:03:21 | Start | They kept coming, monitoring and then leaving. | |||||
| 02:06:10 | End | ||||||
| 02:07:22 | Start | We were able to catch in the first net but not the second one. | |||||
| 02:11:15 | End | ||||||
| 02:11:16 | Start | Oh, God! What about Sweisi, did he get anything? | |||||
| 02:14:15 | End | ||||||
| 02:14:16 | Start | No. You want me to monitor what others catch! | |||||
| 02:16:17 | End | ||||||
| 02:16:18 | Start | Of course! | |||||
| 02:17:14 | End | ||||||
| 02:24:09 | Start | A month ago they shot Tawfiq Sayyed Abu Ryala the brother of Abu Ra'ed, Mohammed. | |||||
| 02:29:07 | End | ||||||
| 02:29:08 | Start | They shot him, and what did he do? he was making a living for his kids. | |||||
| 02:35:11 | End | ||||||
| 02:37:22 | Start | When he used to go fishing, he would call me while I'm at sea. | |||||
| 02:44:11 | End | ||||||
| 02:44:12 | Start | He loved to ask me about the situation and where he should go to fish. | |||||
| 02:52:01 | End | ||||||
| 02:52:02 | Start | That day, he called me at sunset. I told him the Israeli ships shot at us, | |||||
| 02:57:14 | End | ||||||
| 02:57:15 | Start | and I asked him not to go because they cannot be trusted. | |||||
| 03:03:10 | End | ||||||
| 03:03:11 | Start | He always listened to me except for that time, when he did not. | |||||
| 03:08:03 | End | ||||||
| 03:08:04 | Start | I have no energy to work in the sea … I have gone back to work for only five or six days. | |||||
| 03:18:00 | End | ||||||
| 03:18:01 | Start | I stopped for a month after what happened to Tawfiq, but life has to move on. | |||||
| 03:25:23 | End | ||||||
| 03:29:08 | Start | Our nets tear because of what the Israeli (naval ships) do. As you can see we work from sunrise into the night. | |||||
| 03:37:17 | End | ||||||
| 03:39:21 | Start | I was at sea when the incident happened with Tawfiq, | |||||
| 03:43:06 | End | ||||||
| 03:43:07 | Start | A boat passed by, they said someone from Abu Ryala family was injured. | |||||
| 03:48:06 | End | ||||||
| 03:48:07 | Start | He was martyred, may his soul rest in peace. | |||||
| 03:52:07 | End | ||||||
| 03:53:06 | Start | Tawfiq was very poor, to the extent he would collect the steel of an old refrigerator, | |||||
| 04:03:14 | End | ||||||
| 04:03:15 | Start | or a useless car and throw it in the sea. | |||||
| 04:08:18 | End | ||||||
| 04:08:19 | Start | To create a reef, a haven for fish to collect, so he could catch fish and make a living. | |||||
| 04:19:15 | End | ||||||
| 04:20:01 | Start | He did this because we are not allowed to go deeper. | |||||
| 04:23:10 | End | ||||||
| 04:23:11 | Start | When we were allowed to go further, we could at least pay for gas, and at times make ($100) in a day. | |||||
| 04:32:11 | End | ||||||
| 04:32:12 | Start | We have been working for a week, yet we haven't made even 50 Shekels ($15). | |||||
| 04:40:23 | End | ||||||
| 04:40:24 | Start | Thank God regardless. As long as the situation is like this, may God help us. | |||||
| 04:47:09 | End | ||||||
| 04:49:17 | Start | I had very good relations with Tawfiq. | |||||
| 04:52:16 | End | ||||||
| 04:52:17 | Start | Everyone loved him, may his soul rest in peace. | |||||
| 04:56:22 | End | ||||||
| 04:58:22 | Start | May his soul rest in peace, I really loved him. | |||||
| 05:03:19 | End | ||||||
| 05:28:18 | Start | Three Months Later | |||||
| 05:33:23 | End | ||||||
| 05:36:08 | Start | Can anyone here read Hebrew? | |||||
| 05:39:06 | End | ||||||
| 05:40:18 | Start | Oh the boat has a court verdict
document on it? -Yes |
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| 05:45:11 | End | ||||||
| 05:46:04 | Start | I am Mohammed Hissi, the vice president of the Fishermen Society in Gaza. | |||||
| 05:49:18 | End | ||||||
| 05:50:08 | Start | As you see we are receiving 15 boats taken over the past seven months. | |||||
| 05:56:22 | End | ||||||
| 05:56:23 | Start | They have been confiscated and the fishermen were arrested and taken to Ashdod port. | |||||
| 06:03:20 | End | ||||||
| 06:03:21 | Start | Some have been held for five months, some for six, some for over a year in the port. | |||||
| 06:11:12 | End | ||||||
| 06:11:13 | Start | The Israeli Occupation released them and returned them just today. | |||||
| 06:16:01 | End | ||||||
| 06:16:02 | Start | For the first time in history, the Israelis returned the boat along with its motor. | |||||
| 06:23:10 | End | ||||||
| 06:23:11 | Start | We should have motors here in Gaza, but they are restricted. | |||||
| 06:32:10 | End | ||||||
| 06:32:11 | Start | Hamduallah (Thank God), 15 boats were released today. | |||||
| 06:38:00 | End | ||||||
| 06:44:23 | Start | So your motor is now unusable? | |||||
| 06:46:22 | End | ||||||
| 06:47:06 | Start | Yes, do you see the holes in the motor? These are bullets. Can you see? | |||||
| 06:52:13 | End | ||||||
| 06:54:10 | Start | I was in the boat at the time. | |||||
| 06:56:07 | End | ||||||
| 07:20:00 | Start | These bullet holes are from the day he was martyred. | |||||
| 07:24:07 | End | ||||||
| 07:30:23 | Start | Background: What are you taking photos of? Who do you work for? | |||||
| 07:34:01 | End | ||||||
| 07:42:09 | Start | Tawfiq's injury was a direct shot, they were not aiming for the boat. | |||||
| 07:47:17 | End | ||||||
| 07:47:18 | Start | Usually, when they are aiming for the boat, they shoot at the boat's bow. | |||||
| 07:53:02 | End | ||||||
| 07:53:03 | Start | But if they want, they shoot directly at the person. | |||||
| 07:57:01 | End | ||||||
| 07:57:02 | Start | His boat was only hit with two bullets, the shooting was aimed at him. | |||||
| 08:05:05 | End | ||||||
| 08:10:11 | Start | Is Tawfiq's boat functional? Is the motor present, or are there missing parts? | |||||
| 08:17:12 | End | ||||||
| 08:17:13 | Start | The motors are fried, they got shot. | |||||
| 08:24:03 | End | ||||||
| 08:26:15 | Start | They shot the motors. | |||||
| 08:28:06 | End | ||||||
| 08:50:07 | Start | These are Tawfiq's boats. As you can see they are without motors. | |||||
| 09:00:06 | End | ||||||
| 09:00:07 | Start | Regarding the motors, one is totally destroyed and the other may be fixed. | |||||
| 09:07:01 | End | ||||||
| 09:07:02 | Start | The guys who worked with Tawfiq, will work on these boats again. | |||||
| 09:12:12 | End | ||||||
| 09:34:23 | Start | Archival footage of Palestinian fishermen working under threat of the Israeli Navy. | |||||
| 09:42:03 | End | ||||||
| 09:55:06 | Start | Israeli attacks on fishermen have spiked since 2007, the first year of the ongoing siege of Gaza. | |||||
| 10:01:09 | End | ||||||
| 10:03:05 | Start | Al Shati Refugee Camp | |||||
| 10:07:06 | End | ||||||
| 10:11:01 | Start | Abu Abed (Tawfiq). | |||||
| 10:13:12 | End | ||||||
| 10:13:13 | Start | This is Abed, his first son, Malak, Sayyid and Shams, his children. | |||||
| 10:21:11 | End | ||||||
| 10:21:12 | Start | This is his mother, God rests her soul. | |||||
| 10:25:01 | End | ||||||
| 10:26:01 | Start | The total of his debts is over $10,000. | |||||
| 10:30:07 | End | ||||||
| 10:30:08 | Start | He works all day to earn a living for his children. | |||||
| 10:34:10 | End | ||||||
| 10:35:05 | Start | Suddenly something goes wrong with his boat. | |||||
| 10:41:01 | End | ||||||
| 10:41:02 | Start | He needs around $500 to fix it. | |||||
| 10:47:02 | End | ||||||
| 10:48:02 | Start | So he borrows the money hoping things will get better, | |||||
| 10:56:07 | End | ||||||
| 10:56:08 | Start | then something else goes wrong. | |||||
| 11:00:13 | End | ||||||
| 11:02:16 | Start | No God but God, | |||||
| 11:05:00 | End | ||||||
| 11:05:22 | Start | God rests his soul. | |||||
| 11:09:08 | End | ||||||
| 11:11:17 | Start | My name is Fadwa Abu Ryala, I am the martyr Tawfiq Abu Ryala's wife. | |||||
| 11:19:12 | End | ||||||
| 11:20:12 | Start | We live in Al Shati Refugee Camp. | |||||
| 11:23:12 | End | ||||||
| 11:23:22 | Start | Tawfiq and I were married for 12 years. | |||||
| 11:30:08 | End | ||||||
| 11:30:09 | Start | Tawfiq, was kind-hearted, polite and generous. | |||||
| 11:38:20 | End | ||||||
| 11:38:21 | Start | Abu Abed (Tawfiq) was the soul of the house. | |||||
| 11:48:09 | End | ||||||
| 11:49:03 | Start | He was my whole life. | |||||
| 11:53:09 | End | ||||||
| 11:54:15 | Start | Even after he was martyred, he is still in my heart. | |||||
| 12:01:04 | End | ||||||
| 12:01:05 | Start | Thanks to God. | |||||
| 12:02:15 | End | ||||||
| 12:03:04 | Start | Tell me his stories from the sea. | |||||
| 12:06:20 | End | ||||||
| 12:07:02 | Start | The scary stuff he used to tell me is when the Israelis would shoot at them. | |||||
| 12:15:10 | End | ||||||
| 13:02:05 | Start | I woke him up, we sat on the floor and had lunch. | |||||
| 13:05:06 | End | ||||||
| 13:05:07 | Start | He was playing with the kids, carrying them on his back, | |||||
| 13:10:17 | End | ||||||
| 13:12:13 | Start | and wrestling with them, we were laughing the whole time. | |||||
| 13:18:08 | End | ||||||
| 13:19:09 | Start | He told his daughter Shams how much he loved her. | |||||
| 13:23:20 | End | ||||||
| 13:23:21 | Start | While we were sitting on the balcony, he asked me to sit next to him. | |||||
| 13:33:23 | End | ||||||
| 13:34:15 | Start | We finished our lunch, he fed our girls, and we were joking around. | |||||
| 13:41:07 | End | ||||||
| 13:43:08 | Start | I didn't know this was the last time we would see him, | |||||
| 13:46:21 | End | ||||||
| 13:46:22 | Start | or the last moment we will sit with him. | |||||
| 13:50:02 | End | ||||||
| 13:50:03 | Start | I didn't know that it was the last time he would play with his children. | |||||
| 13:53:20 | End | ||||||
| 13:55:17 | Start | Thank God for everything. | |||||
| 14:00:13 | End | ||||||
| 14:01:05 | Start | These were his last words, | |||||
| 14:03:14 | End | ||||||
| 14:04:03 | Start | He said these words the day before he was martyred. | |||||
| 14:08:18 | End | ||||||
| 14:08:19 | Start | He said this to his wife, siblings and his friends. | |||||
| 14:12:06 | End | ||||||
| 14:12:07 | Start | I climbed the mountain, asked what was wrong, | |||||
| 14:15:23 | End | ||||||
| 14:15:24 | Start | The mountain said the water erodes. I asked the water what was wrong. | |||||
| 14:20:06 | End | ||||||
| 14:20:07 | Start | It said fish are swimming inside. I asked the fish what was wrong, | |||||
| 14:24:08 | End | ||||||
| 14:24:09 | Start | They said the fisherman tries to catch us. I asked the fisherman what was wrong. | |||||
| 14:28:12 | End | ||||||
| 14:28:13 | Start | The fisherman said the world has turned its back on me. | |||||
| 14:32:13 | End | ||||||
| 14:32:15 | Start | His words are in our heart. May he rest in peace. | |||||
| 14:36:19 | End | ||||||
| 14:36:20 | Start | Tawfiq's Reef | |||||
| 14:39:16 | End | ||||||
| 14:39:17 | Start | Directed by Roger Hill and Anas
Hamra Cinematography by Anas Hamra Editing by Roger Hill |
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| 14:43:05 | End | ||||||
| 14:43:06 | Start | Archival Footage of Gaza
Fishermen under fire: Vittorio (Vik) Arrigoni and International Solidarity Movement |
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| 14:47:10 | End | ||||||
| 14:47:11 | Start | Original Score Matthew Head Translations Ziyad Bakri John Ehab Anas Hamra |
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| 14:50:16 | End | ||||||
| 14:50:17 | Start | Consultants Nitin Sawhney David Zlutnick Melissa Eaton Additional Video by Roger Hill Special thanks to the Abu Ryala family |
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| 14:53:22 | End | ||||||
| 14:53:23 | Start | Produced by Flying Paper
Productions (Gaza From Within series) www.flyingpaper.org Copyright 2015, Flying Paper Productions, Roger Hill and Nitin Sawhney |
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| 15:00:18 | End |