Film: Cactus memory

Collection title

PBC collection

ID

PBC00156

Source

PBC (PS)

First broadcast date

01/01/2008

Production year

2008

Abstract

The film shows the displacement and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian villages of Latrun,Yalu, Emmaus and Beit Nuba….Aicha Aum Najah from Yalu tells her story as all the Palestinians who have been displaced from their villages and describes the atrocity of the Israeli occupation…the complete destruction of the three Palestinian villages was a military order, some of the villagers were killed and some were diplaced. Eitan Bronstein shows images and details to prove that these villages were owned by the Palestinians The description of the villages followed three stages:Photos before 1958 ; Photos in 1967 ;Photos after 1967.

Type

video

Production companies

• Al-Haq Company - Own production

Broadcaster

PBC - Palestine T.V.

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Personalities

• Bronstein Eitan
• El Sayida Aicha
• Babih Daylan

Primary theme

Migrations

Secondary themes

• Contemporary historical challenges 19th-20th c.
• Society and way of life
• Society and way of life / Religious Practices
• Society and way of life / Public areas and social issues

Credits / Cast

• Maslah Hana - Theatre director

Period of events

• 1951

Map locations

• Palestine - West bank - 00972

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

41m27

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