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Leila Khaled : hijacker / First Hand Films ; produced by Robert Danielsson ; a film by Lina Makboul ; produced by Tussilago for SVT, in cooperation with NPS.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Swedish
- Subjects (All):
- Khaled, Leila, 1944-.
- Khaled, Leila.
- Women revolutionaries--Palestine--Biography.
- Women revolutionaries.
- Women, Palestinian Arab--Biography.
- Women, Palestinian Arab.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Palestinian Arabs.
- Hijacking of aircraft.
- Genre:
- Biographical films.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (58 min.)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Zürich, Switzerland] : First Hand Films, [2005]
- Language Note:
- In English, Arabic and Swedish with English subtitles.
- Summary:
- Leila Khaled was the first woman in the world to hijack an aircraft. As a member of the Popular front for the liberation of Palestine, PFLP, she hijacked an American Boeing 707 in 1969. This is the story told by a young Palestinian who grew up in Sweden about what made Leila Khaled become one of the world's most famous terrorists and the most famous Palestinian woman of all.
- Participant:
- Narrated by Lina Makboul.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Jallo Faber, Åke Wehrling ; editor, Andreas Jonsson ; music, Mårten Ekehed.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed March 21, 2024).
- Publisher Number:
- fh-leila Docuseek2
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