Palestine 1948: Nakba
20082h 10m
Documentary
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Genre
- Documentary
- Origin
- Japan
About
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
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in Japan.
Details
- Director
- Ryuichi Hirokawa
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Mar 22, 2008
Cast
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