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For Cultural Purposes Only

2009
8 min
No Trailer
AnimationDocumentary

Overview

The Palestinian Film Archive contained over 100 films showing the daily life and struggle of the Palestinian people. It was lost in the Israeli siege of Beirut in 1982. Here interviewees describe from memory key moments from the history of Palestinian cinema. These scenes are drawn and animated. Where film survives, the artist’s impressions are corroborated. This is a film about reconstruction and the idea that cinema is an expression of cultural identity – that cinema fuels memory.

Production

Arts Council of England · Channel 4 Television

Directors & Crew

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Sarah Wood

Director

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