Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 (2024-10-04)

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Overview

Archival film maestro Göran Hugo Olsson has assembled—from a vast catalogue of footage in the vaults of Sweden’s national television service SVT—accounts of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as witnessed and represented by Swedish journalists. Stories of the beginning of the Israeli state interwoven with the Palestinian struggle for independence. News coverage with Yasser Arafat and interviews with Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban during a visit to Sweden unseen since first broadcast. From the tenth anniversary of Israel’s founding to the First Intifada, perspectives and encounters with statesmen, civilians, revolutionaries, and intellectuals tell the story from myriad angles of an evolving media landscape, revivifying a history of the ongoing conflict.

Directed By: Göran Olsson

Star Cast: Yasser Arafat , David Ben-Gurion , Abba Eban , Per-Åke Holmquist ,

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Status: Released
Runtime: 206m
Popularity: 0.2365
Language: sv

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Keywords

israel palestinian-israeli conflict palestine 1970s public television human rights archive footage newsreel footage 1980s 1950s 1960s social & cultural documentary war war documentary israeli history palestine history historical documentary