El Hassan, Azza and Joujou, Gladys and Martens, Melke (2004) Kings and Extras - Von Komparsen und Königen. Ma.ja.de / WDR / Arte / BBC / YLE TV2 / OJ Production.
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Abstract
1:02:00 hour movie. The films of the PLO Media Unit were supposed to show a self-determined image of Palestinian reality - and they went missing during the Israeli invasion of Beirut in 1982. In a "road-movie" from Palestine to Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, the director Azza El-Hassan follows the contradicting and confusing clues of the lost archive. The increasingly absurd search finally leads her to a martyr's graveyard, where the films are said to be buried. - but no one really wants to dig over the whole place. While Azza's search for lost images leads her down various dead ends, she is confronted with new clues and starts to construct her own story. The film reflects the situation in the Middle East - a failed revolution, the problematic relationship with the Arab neighbours, the question of a Palestinian identity today. Azza El-Hassan shows myths, life stories and life lies, the personal effects of defeat and loss. She even brings some humour to the tragedy of the situation - to which she simultaneously feels a sense of belonging and opposition.
| Item Type: | Other |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Palestine, movies, documentary, Occupied Palestinian Territory |
| Publisher: | Ma.ja.de / WDR / Arte / BBC / YLE TV2 / OJ Production |
| Status: | Published |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Palestine, movies, documentary, Occupied Palestinian Territory |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Apr 2023 14:16 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2023 14:17 |
| URI: | https://ebooks.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/393 |
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