A marathon becomes a revolution when every step tells a story occupation tried to erase.
When the running team of Viva Salud, a Belgian NGO fighting for the right to health, went to Bethlehem to participate in the Palestine Marathon, they didn’t yet know that they would do much more than just running. From Ramallah to Hebron, from Nablus to Bethlehem, their encounters with Viva Salud’s local partners helped them gain a better understanding of the situation in the region and discover the daily reality of the Israeli occupation. While getting to know resistance in all its forms, along with the beauty of Palestine, they tried to capture this in a documentary vlog of their journey—a cocktail of rebellion, solidarity, and collective resistance.
Production
Vlog format turns casual intimacy into political weapon.
Direction
Lemaire lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Jennifer Lemaire
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Palestine Marathon is famously the only marathon where runners cannot complete a full 42km loop due to movement restrictions—participants run the same 10km circuit four times instead.
Viva Salud's model of 'health solidarity' deliberately mirrors Belgium's own colonial history in the region, making their presence complicated and contested.
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