Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948 (1998)

Original title

Al Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948

Directed by

Benny Brunner

Genre

documentary film

Country

Israel, Netherlands

Runtime

58 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the 1948 displacement of 750,000 Palestinians during the creation of Israel. It includes interviews with Palestinian refugees and Israeli soldiers who were involved in the events.

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What happens

Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948 is a documentary film of Benny Brunner and Alexandra Jansse. It follows the events that surround the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. It was filmed in 1996, is 58 minutes long and is in English. Based on the book The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947–1949 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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