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Jocelyne Saab

Les femmes palestiniennes (Palestinian Women)

Director Jocelyne Saab
12' - 1974 - Dialogue: Arabic, French
Palestinian women, the often-forgotten victims of the Israeli-Palestinian War, are here given a voice by Jocelyne Saab. Commissioned by Antenne 2, but never aired.

Palestinian women, the often-forgotten victims of the Israeli-Palestinian War, are here given a voice by Jocelyne Saab. Commissioned by Antenne 2, but never aired.

New digital scans produced as part of the research project “Imperfect Archives” (KASK / School of Arts)

Copies courtesy of Association des Amis de Jocelyne Saab and CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée)

Digital restoration by Cinemateca Portuguesa

“I wanted to present images, of which there were very few
then, of these women, Palestinian fighters in Syria. We are talking about just before Sadat’s visit to Israel, and therefore the situation was very tense. While I was editing the film in the offices of Antenne 2, Paul Nahon, then head of the foreign editorial department, grabbed me by the collar and threw me out of the editing room. Palestinian Women was put in the freezer and has never been shown on television.”

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Credits

Directors

Jocelyne Saab

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Dialogue

Arabic, French

Countries of production

Lebanon, France

Year

1974