Film: “Because Roots Never Die”

Collection title

Palestinan Movies

ID

PBC00143

Source

PBC (PS)

First broadcast date

10/29/1978

Production year

1977

Abstract

The film is about Tel Zaatar’s Massacre.Real pictures from the Palestinian Camp before and after displacement. Women and children, who lived the massacre,testify . The film focuses on the struggle, patience and persistence of women during heroic events. The film expresses the intense pain due to the massacres committed against the Palestinian people throughout years.

Type

video

Production companies

• Palestinian cinema institution - Own production

Broadcaster

PBC - Palestine T.V.

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Contemporary historical challenges 19th-20th c.

Secondary themes

• Society and way of life / Women
• Society and way of life / Migrations

Credits / Cast

• Lotfi Nabiha - Speaker

Period of events

• From 1925 to 1950

Map locations

• Lebanon - Bekaa valley - Tel-Ezaatar-wossoul

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

53m7

Additional information

Black and white photos. Photos from archives – black and white photos of Tel Zaatar. Photos of the war of 1948.