Origin: Israel | Fiction | Director: Ram Loevy | 50 minutes

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Khirbet Khizeh

by Ram Loevy, fiction 50 min. Israel 1978. Hebrew & Arabic, Eng subs

Khirbet Khizeh, based on a novella by S. Yizhar, is a poignant account of young Israeli soldiers expelling inhabitants of a Palestinian village during the war of 1948. When the book was first published in 1949, it was added to the high school curriculum. Though it was much discussed in the press, its veracity was hardly challenged and few questioned whether it should be published. Back then, few Israelis were unaware that Palestinian villages and towns had been forcibly evacuated. Three decades later, when Ram Loevy made a film based on the novella, all hell broke loose, and its broadcast on TV was banned. Eventually, the film was broadcast but the storm continued to rage. It was called a "lie" and S. Yizhar was dubbed a "nemesis of Israel". Today, 40 years after the film was first broadcast and 70 years after the book was published, are we ready to face what really happened during the Nakba? Are we ready to ask about the fate of those villagers and their offspring? Are we prepared to act to change that fate?

Info: https://48mmzochrot.wixsite.com/festival-2019/ram-loevi-khirbet-khizeh

Trailer: https://youtu.be/LdCwslAgHi0

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