I recently watched a documentary called Palestinian Identity, made in 1984. I am in the UK and was a young boy at the time, smothered in Very British Propaganda so I was interested in watching it because it was made by the PLO Film Unit. It was excellent and, of course, many parallels to be drawn between then and today, especially because the film begins with a walk around a recently destroyed children’s school. It included some fascinating interviews with some of the leading Palestinian cultural figures of the time including Mahmoud Darwish who’s considered to be Palestine’s national poet… which reminded me I needed to start reading poetry again! Anyway, I’ll be quiet now, that went on longer than I was expecting! Thanks for the lovely question.
I recently watched a documentary called Palestinian Identity, made in 1984. I am in the UK and was a young boy at the time, smothered in Very British Propaganda so I was interested in watching it because it was made by the PLO Film Unit. It was excellent and, of course, many parallels to be drawn between then and today, especially because the film begins with a walk around a recently destroyed children’s school. It included some fascinating interviews with some of the leading Palestinian cultural figures of the time including Mahmoud Darwish who’s considered to be Palestine’s national poet… which reminded me I needed to start reading poetry again! Anyway, I’ll be quiet now, that went on longer than I was expecting! Thanks for the lovely question.
https://palestinecinema.com/movies/palestinian-identity
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