Palestine 1948 NAKBA
Palestine 1948 NAKBA
(c) Ryuichi HIROKAWA
(c) Ryuichi HIROKAWA
- Release Date
- March, 22nd, 2008
- Running Time
- 131 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DVCAM
- Sound Processing
- Stereo
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Staff ]
- MORISAWA Noriko ── Executive Producer
- Yasuoka Films ── Associated Production Company
- HIROKAWA Ryuichi ── Cinematography
- HIROKAWA Ryuichi ── Still Photography
- YASUOKA Takaharu ── Editor
- TSUJII Kiyoshi ── Editor
- IIRI Yukiko ── Music
[ Production Company ]
HIRO PRESS JAPAN. INC/ 1 KOMA SUPPORTERS
[ Story ]
"Nakba" means catastrophe. For Palestinians the term refers to the creation of Israel in 1948 followed by the displacement of a large number of Palestinians as refugees. This documentary is based on the vast amount of footage accumulated by a journalist, Hirokawa Ryuichi, who has been transmitting information from the Palestinian land to the world on the reality of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the last 40 years.
In 2006 Hirokawa revisits Kibbutz Dalia, where he used to live when he first went to Israel in 1967. This reminds him of vivid memories of the "white ruin" he saw in his youth. It is the ruin of a Palestinian village called Daliyat al-Rawha, which disappeared from the map during Nakba. The story centers on Hirokawa's journey to track down former residents of the village, while interweaving scenes of reunion with those belonging to an Israeli organization which is opposed to occupying Palestinian land. When Hirokawa finally locates a former Daliyat al-Rawha resident, he learns what happened in 1948, and together they visit the "white ruin".
[ Official Site ]
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
Baharain Human Rights International Film Festival 2008
Chicago Palestine Film Festival 2008
[ Contact (International) ]
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