J.J. Kelley: Underground Law

Screened at FCFF 2018

Film Synopsis

National Geographic embeds in the world of the “Godfather of Gaza” to investigate the business of surviving an occupation. Through exclusive access to a Gaza tunnel boss, we go inside a society with its back against the wall telling the story of one network that supplies both humanitarian aid and terrorism.

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