When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the treatment of Palestinians, their lives take unexpected turns. Revealing a generational divide, this documentary explores the contentious aspects of the Israel-Palestine conflict and its impact on American Judaism.
5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot primarily by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, the footage was later given to Israeli co-director Guy Davidi to edit. Structured around the violent destruction of each one of Burnat's cameras, the filmmakers' collaboration follows one family's evolution over five years of village turmoil.
In the war of 1948, Palestinians call it the 'Nakba,' while Israelis refer to it as 'The War of Independence.' This documentary explores the village of Tantura and its history, focusing on the erasure of the Nakba in Israeli society. Through audio testimonies, interviews, and archival footage, the film sheds light on the silenced massacre and its lasting impact on Israeli society and Palestinian rights.
Four-part series on the 'nakba', meaning the 'catastrophe', about the history of the Palestinian exodus that led to the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948, and the establishment of the state of Israel. Arab, Israeli and Western intellectuals, historians and eye-witnesses provide the central narrative which is accompanied by archive material and documents, many only recently released for the first time. It begins in 1799 with Napoleon's attempted advance into Palestine to check British expansion and his appeal to the Jews of the world to reclaim their land in league with France, before moving through the 19th and 20th centuries, the British Mandate in Palestine, up to the 21st century and the ongoing 'nakba' on the ground.
A World Not Ours is a personal and intense portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. From the 1948 Nakba (Catastrophe) to the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon, director Mahdi Fleifel utilizes his family's home video footage to create an intimate and compelling exploration of memory, identity, and the longing for home.
For Palestinians, 1948 marks the “Nakba” or “catastrophe”, when hundreds of thousands were forced out of their homes. For Israelis, the same year marks the creation of their own state. This four-part series attempts to present an understanding of the events of the past that are still shaping the present.
Seven political activists from Israel come together in a theater in Tel Aviv and read from the transcripts of government meetings dating back to 1948, which had been classified until recently.
1948: Creation & Catastrophe is a documentary that delves into the historical events surrounding the creation of Israel as a state and the resulting catastrophe for the Palestinian people known as the Nakba. Through interviews, archival footage, and personal stories, the film sheds light on the complex and contentious origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"My land" gives voice to old Palestinian refugees who fled in 1948 without ever returning to their land, and who have been living in camps in Lebanon for more than 60 years.
The documentary records the memories of a group of Palestinian elders, mainly veterans from the 1948 expulsions. Their stories of refugee struggles are interspersed with poems of Mahmoud Darwish.
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