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Palestine 1948: Nakba

2008Directed by Ryuichi Hirokawa

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Released: March 22, 2008
Runtime: 2h 10m

About Palestine 1948: Nakba

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Synopsis

The year 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the foundation of Israel. It marks also the beginning of 60 years of the suffering for the Palestinian people. This tragedy is referred to as the “Nakba,” meaning catastrophe in Arabic. Since 1948 at least 420 Palestinian villages have vanished. The photo journalist Ryuichi Hirokawa has filmed over 1,000 hours of footage and has taken thousands of photographs of the Palestinian people and their vanished villages. This film is a distillation of this footage

Director: Ryuichi Hirokawa
Original title: パレスチナ1948・NAKBA

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