Al Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948

AlNakba The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948 is a documentary film of Benny Brunner and Alexandra Jansse. It follows the events that surround the 1948 Palestinian exodus. It was filmed in 1996, is 58 minutes long and is in English. Based on the book The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 19471949 by Benny Morris, it is the first documentary film to examine the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians during the birth of the state of Israel. The film shifts between interviews with Palestinian refugees and the reactions of Irgun and Haganah soldiers who witnessed and participated in the events of 1948.

We wanted to have lots of information in the film and not to make an emotional film, codirector Alexandra Jansse said later in an interview. But the movie was brought to a higher level by adding the Palestinian poetry. We wanted to add that emotional level of the Palestinians who are broken up in their hearts and you can see it in their eyes.The film first premiered in Brunners hometown of Amsterdam, and after it was broadcast in central and western Europe, he toured with the film in Israel with question and answer sessions to invite discussion of the topic. In Israel, the film was shown in Tel Aviv. ........

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