Palestinian cinema : landscape, trauma and memory / Nurith Gertz and George Khleifi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gertz, Nurith.

Contributor:

Khleifi, George.

Series:

Traditions in World Cinema

Standardized Title:

Nof ba-arafel. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Palestine.

Motion pictures.

Palestinian Arabs in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although in recent years, the entire world has been increasingly concerned with the Middle East and Israeli-Palestinian relationship, there are few truly reliable sources of information regarding Palestinian society and culture, either concerning its relationship with Israeli society, its position between east and west or its stances in times of war and peace. One of the best sources for understanding Palestinian culture is its cinema which has devoted itself to serving the national struggle. Filmmakers have strived to delineate Palestinian history and to portray the daily life of Palestinians - men, women and children. As well as attempting to connect the past to the typically distressed present, Palestinian cinema has endeavored to suggest a future of national unity, revealing time and again how the longing for personal liberty clashes with the hardships of national existence. In this book, two scholars - an Israeli and a Palestinian - in a rare and welcome collaboration, follow the development of Palestinian cinema, commenting on its response to political and social transformations. They discover that the more the social, political and economic conditions worsen and chaos and pain prevail, the more Palestinian cinema becomes involved with the national struggle. As expected, Palestinian cinema has unfolded its national narrative against the Israeli narrative, which tried to silence it. The reflection of the Israeli in Palestinian cinema is one more harsh and painful testimony to the resentment and hostility between the two peoples, who share a common patch of earth and landscape. Key Features *The first, serious comprehensive study of Palestinian film. *A rare collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian scholars. *A reliable insight into Palestinian society and culture, and the Israeli-Palestinian relationship.

Contents:

COPYRIGHT; Contents; Introduction; 1. A Chronicle of Palestinian Cinema; 2. From Bleeding Memories to Fertile Memories; 3. About Place and Time: The Films of Michel Khleifi; 4. Without Place, Without Time: The Films of Rashid Masharawi; 5. The House and its Destruction: The Films of Ali Nassar; 6. A Dead-End: Roadblock Movies; 7. Between Exile and Homeland: The Films of Elia Suleiman; Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Filmography; Index

Notes:

"This book was first published (as Landscape in mist: space and memory in Palestinian cinema) in Herbrew in 2005 by Am Oved and the Open University, Tel Aviv"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-211) and index.

Includes filmography: p. 212-215.

ISBN:

9786611224868

9780748671069

0748671064

9781281224866

1281224863

9780748634095

0748634096

OCLC:

298904354