The Idol Movie

PALESTINE MOVIE -- Raised in a refugee camp in the ramshackle Gaza Strip, singer Mohammed Assaf emerged as a symbol of Palestinian resilience as he persevered to win the “Arab Idol” television contest.

In a biopic about Assaf’s against-all-odds rise to stardom, filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad has strived to create a similar sense of pride, this time for cinemagoers.

Entitled “The Idol,” the movie is the first feature-length motion picture to be shot at least partially in the impoverished and isolated territory in two decades.

“The movie is an homage to Gaza,” Abu-Assad, a Palestinian and two-time Oscar nominee, said ahead of the opening of “The Idol” in U.S. cinemas on May 27.

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