FOR CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY (2009)
Not Rated
For Cultural Purposes Only
In an age dominated by the moving image what would it feel like to never see an image of the place that you came from?
Animation, Documentary
November 1, 2009
English
0h 8m
United States, England
Arts Council of England
The Palestinian Film Archive contained over 100 films showing the daily life and struggle of the Palestinian people. It was lost in the Israeli siege of Beirut in 1982. Here interviewees describe from memory key moments from the history of Palestinian cinema. These scenes are drawn and animated. Where film survives, the artist’s impressions are corroborated. This is a film about reconstruction and the idea that cinema is an expression of cultural identity – that cinema fuels memory.
Crew
Sarah Wood
Director