Origin: Unknown | Documentary | Director: Mark Kaplan - Heidi Grunebaum | 55 minutes

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The Village under the Forest

Mark Kaplan - Heidi Grunebaum 2013 docu

What happened in '48? It's the question that haunts the Israel/Palestine
dynamic and defines so much of the conflict. This doc strips back the
layers of myth, from denial to stories of mass genocide, telling the real
story through the hidden remains of the destroyed Palestinian village of
Lubya. Lying under a purposefully cultivated forest plantation, it holds
many of the answers not only to the country's past, but also its future.
Unfolding as a personal meditation from the Jewish Diaspora, The Village
Under The Forest explores the hidden remains of the destroyed Palestinian
village of Lubya, which lies under a purposefully cultivated forest
plantation called South Africa Forest.
Using the forest and the village ruins as metaphors, the documentary
explores themes related to the erasure and persistence of memory and dares
to imagine a future in which dignity, acknowledgement and co-habitation
become shared possibilities in Israel/Palestine.

Trailer: https://www.journeyman.tv/film/5897/the-village-under-the-forest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISmj31rJkGQ

Full feature:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/k1pgPBMaiwC2VX4QjW2?start=1%20

Winner of the Audience Award for Best South African Film at Encounters
Documentary Festival 2013

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