Origin: Israel | Documentary | Director: Rona Sela | 45 minutes

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Looted and Hidden - Palestinian Archives in Israel

by Rona Sela 2017 | Documentary 45 min

Looted and Hidden investigates the cinematic and other archival treasures
that Israel plundered from various Palestinian visual and research
institutions in Beirut in the 1980s. The film follows four historical
figures who are involved in the fate of these Palestinian archives. Based
entirely on archival materials, extensive research, and interviews with the
individuals it portrays, Looted and Hidden exposes, for the first time,
Palestinian materials that were erased deliberately from the public sphere
by Israel and were, for many years, presumed to have been "lost."

Looted and Hidden explores how Israel plunders Palestinian archives and
treasures and conceals Palestinian history from the public sphere through
control mechanisms, including seizure, deliberate censorship and
classification, restrictions on viewing, prevention of materials being
returned to their owners, misinterpretation of indigenous materials,
erasure, and more.

More information: https://www.palestinemuseum.us/events/looted

Watch the full movie here:
* https://vimeo.com/213851191?ref=em-v-share&fbclid=IwAR0ZXJwX4OOTDCWJQ8ljWDSO7MOA0juip1xN8e5KKgIFbAvpQPCquk-SeNE
or here:
* https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/looted-and-hidden-palestinian-archives-in-israel

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