Black Box / World premiere

Nakba

  • Max Francos /
  • Belgium /
  • 2009 /
  • 40 mins

 Please note this screening may include strobe effects.

A powerful and visually stunning political documentary that unfolds entirely through image and music, Nakba (meaning 'catastrophe' in Arabic) tells the story of the Palestinian exodus and the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. 

Screening with:

All the House (Haditha Massacre), Part 3 of Flicker On Off
  • Caroline Koebel /
  • USA /
  • 2008 /
  • 6 mins
In Transit
  • Lida Abdul /
  • Austria, Afghanistan /
  • 2008 /
  • 5 mins
Infamy
  • Hassan Said /
  • USA /
  • 2009 /
  • 5 mins
Sunroof (Benazir Bhutto Assassination), Part 2 of Flicker On Off
  • Caroline Koebel /
  • USA /
  • 2008 /
  • 6 mins
Vita
  • Gabriele Schwark /
  • Germany /
  • 2008 /
  • 9 mins

2009 Archive

Image from Nakba

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