Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Mustafa Abu Ali | 23 minutes

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Palestine in the eye

also known as: Palestine in Sight: Hani Jawhariya

by Mustafa Abu Ali, documentary 23 min. Palestine 1976, Arab. with English subtitles.

An homage to the cinematographer Hani Jawhariya of the Palestine Film Unit of the PLO, which contributed significantly to the emergence and body of the films of the Palestinian resistance. Jawhariya was killed in filming in Lebanon. The film is one of the few remaining documents of the work of the Palestine Film Unit.

Palestine in the Eye chronicles the profound impact of Hani Jawharia’s death for the PLO Film Unit. The film reflects on his life through interviews with family, colleagues, and his own cinematography, including the moment of his death while filming for the Unit in 1976.
Although the film has later been attributed to Mustafa Abu Ali, the Unit’s method of work was to describe everyone as a collective of “workers,” and we see this in the film titles, which collectively list the names of all those who participated as a non-hierarchical collective.
Through this reflection on Jawharieh, we are offered an understanding of the workings of the Palestine Film Unit and its international connections