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The Wanted 18

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 2014 canadian/palestinian animated documentary about the efforts of palestinians in beit sahour to start a sm”. Today it says “a 2014 animated documentary about the efforts of palestinians in beit sahour to start a small local dairy indus”.
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The Wanted 18 ( Arabic : المطلوبون 18 , romanized : al-maṭlūbūn 18 ) is a 2014 Palestinian-Canadian animated documentary about the efforts of Palestinians in Beit Sahour to start a small local dairy industry during the First Intifada , hiding a herd of 18 dairy cows from Israeli security forces when the dairy collective was deemed a threat to Israel's national security. The film combines documentary interviews with those involved in the events, archival footage, drawings, black-and-white stop-motion animation as well as re-enactments, and was co-directed by Canadian filmmaker Paul Cowan and Palestinian visual artist and director Amer Shomali . The film was the Palestinian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but was not nominated. " "The Wanted 18" candidato palestinese all'Oscar" .

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 2014 canadian/palestinian animated documentary about the efforts of palestinians in beit sahour to start a sm”. Today it says “a 2014 animated documentary about the efforts of palestinians in beit sahour to start a small local dairy indus”. Read the current article and compare.
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a 2014 canadian/palestinian animated documentary about the efforts of palestinians in beit sahour to start a sm

Now

a 2014 animated documentary about the efforts of palestinians in beit sahour to start a small local dairy indus

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