The land speaks Arabic
Director Maryse Gargour
Countries
Duration 61 min
Synopsis
At the end of the 19th century , Zionism, a minority political movement, appeared on the international stage. As theorised by its historical leaders, it embodied the desire to create a jewish state somewhere in the world and particularly in Palestine. At the time and for thousands of years, “la terre parle arabe”, Palestine being inhabited by the Arabs of Palestine, the Palestinians. Based on Zionist leader’s quotations, unused footage, the press of that period, official documents, interviews of historians and testimonies of pre 1948 Palestinians, “la terre parle arabe” trains a historian and a filmmaker’s eye on the explosive truth, that of the cleansing of the land of Palestine by the Zionists.
At the end of the 19th century , Zionism, a minority political movement, appeared on the international stage. As theorised by its historical leaders, it embodied the desire to create a jewish state somewhere in the world and particularly in Palestine. At the time and for thousands of years, “la terre parle arabe”, Palestine being inhabited by the Arabs of Palestine, the Palestinians. Based on Zionist leader’s quotations, unused footage, the press of that period, official documents, interviews of historians and testimonies of pre 1948 Palestinians, “la terre parle arabe” trains a historian and a filmmaker’s eye on the explosive truth, that of the cleansing of the land of Palestine by the Zionists.