Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948

Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948
Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948
Directed by	Benny Brunner and Alexandra Jansse
Written by	Benny Morris, Benny Brunner, Alexandra Jansse, Joseph Rochlitz
Based on	The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947–1949; by Benny Morris
Produced by	Benny Brunner and Alexandra Jansse
Starring	Azmi Bishara, Shaban Muhmoud, Itzhak Pundak, Benny Morris
Narrated by	Joseph Rochlitz
Cinematography	Ram Lee-Tal
Edited by	Joseph Rochlitz
Music by	Elizabeth & Ilya Magnes
Production; company	Arte
Distributed by	Arab Film Distribution, Landmark Media Enterprises
Release date	1997;
Running time	58 minutes
Country	The Netherlands
Languages	English, Arabic, Hebrew

Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948 is a documentary film of Benny Brunner and Alexandra Jansse. It follows the events that surround the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. It was filmed in 1996, is 58 minutes long and is in English. Based on the book The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947–1949 by Benny Morris, it is the first documentary film to examine the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians during the birth of the state of Israel.^[1]^[2]^[3] The film shifts between interviews with Palestinian refugees and the reactions of Irgun and Haganah soldiers who witnessed and participated in the events of 1948.^[4]

^ "Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe of 1948". The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2012-12-04. AL-NAKBA takes the most hotly contested and misunderstood moment of Israeli-Palestinian history and makes it come alive with intellectual clarity and emotional impact.
^ Arwa Aburawa (February 2011). "Palestine's Great Book Robbery". Guernica Magazine.
^ "Documentary: Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948". Links – The International Journal of Socialist Review. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
^ Michael Nizeri (1998). "Al-Nakba (The Palestinian Catastrophe)" (in Hebrew). Jama'a: 119–24. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-12-07. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[SFJFF-1] "Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe of 1948". The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2012-12-04. AL-NAKBA takes the most hotly contested and misunderstood moment of Israeli-Palestinian history and makes it come alive with intellectual clarity and emotional impact.

[guernicamag-2] Arwa Aburawa (February 2011). "Palestine's Great Book Robbery". Guernica Magazine.

[3] "Documentary: Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948". Links – The International Journal of Socialist Review. Retrieved 2012-12-06.

[Jamaa-4] Michael Nizeri (1998). "Al-Nakba (The Palestinian Catastrophe)" (in Hebrew). Jama'a: 119–24. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-12-07. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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