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Title: Palestinian Cinema


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Palestinian Cinema
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Post-War of 1948
  • The loss over control of Palestine was a major
    blow to all Muslims, leaving much of Jerusalem
    under Jewish control.
  • Ever since then the Palestinians have been unable
    to live their normal lives. Many parts of
    Jerusalem where now restricted to Jews alone.
  • A common theme of movies from this period is to
    deal with issues such as a search of a national
    identity and of persecution by the Jews.

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Elia Suleiman
  • Born in Nazareth in 1960
  • He moved to New York in 1981, where he directed
    his first two short-films.
  • In 1993 he moved back to Palestine in search of
    his roots and of inspiration. There he was asked
    by the European Commission to start up the media
    and film department at Birzeit University.
  • Elia prefers the use of amateur actors, and in
    both of his full-feature films he cast himself as
    the main character, giving his work a
    documentary-like feel.

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Suleimans Filmography
  • Divine Intervention (2002) Cannes Film
    Festival 2002 Jury Award
  • Chronicle of a Disappearance (1997) Venice Film
    Festival 1996 Best First Feature Award
  • War and Peace in Vesoul (1997)
  • The Gulf War... What Next? (1993)
  • Introduction to the End of an Argument (1990)

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Chronicle of a Disappearance
  • Suleimans first full-length movie
  • He explores the effects that the Jewish
    occupation of what is now Israel has had on the
    Palestinian people, criticizing what he sees
    through the use of satire.
  • The film is broken up into two parts The first
    is a window into the everyday family life of
    Palestinians in Nazareth. Tiny imperfections in
    his culture are exposed and ridiculed. The
    second part has more of a political approach, the
    main focus being on Jerusalem. Scenes of police
    corruption and segregation show social injustices
    instilled on the Palestine people.
  • Surprisingly, his film was intensely criticized
    by radical Arabs for the fact that Suleiman
    acknowledges the existence of Israel as a nation
    in it.
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