Gaza on Our Mind: Special Film Screening 'Ma'loul Celebrates its Destruction'
Sun, Sep 15
|Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe
Haile Gerima Presents: Palestinian Filmmaker Michel Khleifi's 1985 Documentary Film, Ma'loul Celebrates Its Destruction Screening, followed by a panel discussion!
Time & Location
Sep 15, 2024, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
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About The Event
About the Film
Ma'loul Celebrates Its Destruction is a 1984 documentary short film by Palestinian director Michel Khleifi that follows the inhabitants of the ruined Palestinian village of Ma'alul on Israel's Day of Independence.
Ma'alul was located west of Nazareth and was inhabited by Palestinian Christians who were forced to leave in 1948 during the Israeli War of Independence. After the war, the villagers were only allowed to visit their village once a year on Israel's Day of Independence, where they would organize a picnic on the site of their demolished village. All that remains of the village are the ruins of two churches and a mosque, which have since disappeared under a forest planted in memory of the victims of Nazism.
The film explores the villagers' memories of the destruction of their village and their determination to hold onto their ancestral land. It includes:
Images of destructionThe film uses…