Looted & hidden : Palestinian archives in Israel

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The film "Looted and Hidden" explores Palestinian archives taken by Israeli / Jewish forces during the 20th century and now buried in Israeli military vaults. Stemming from a prolonged effort to ac...

The film "Looted and Hidden" explores Palestinian archives taken by Israeli / Jewish forces during the 20th century and now buried in Israeli military vaults. Stemming from a prolonged effort to access classified materials, the movie showcases once-lost archival footage and images. It emphasizes treasures seized in Beirut in the 1980s, spotlighting film and visual archives that chronicled the Palestinian Revolution from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Additionally, it touches on photographic archives taken since the 1930s. The film questions archival practices in colonial regions and conflict zones, underscoring the importance of uncovering what's been altered or removed.

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