A colleague writes to the University of Michigan Academic Freedom Network:
In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have made their films about Palestine available online for free.
These are links to films you can view and share. This is not an endorsement of all the views expressed, but rather a sharing of perspectives that are often missing from the Overton window of public conversation.
• A collection of documentaries published by Al Jazeera Documentary:
https://bit.ly/3yp2nBI
https://bit.ly/2SSpMeC
https://bit.ly/3f0KK3P
• “Keeper of Memory” documentary:
https://youtu.be/eywuYeflWzg
• “Empty Seat” documentary:
https://youtu.be/an4hRFWOSQQ
• “Resistance Pilot” documentary:
https://youtu.be/wqSmdZy-Xcg
• “Jenin” documentary:
https://vimeo.com/499672067
• “The Olive Tree” documentary:
https://vimeo.com/432062498
• “Scenes from the Occupation in Gaza” documentary 1973:
https://youtu.be/1JlIwmnYnlE
• Documentary “Gaza Fights For Freedom”:
https://youtu.be/HnZSaKYmP2s
• Documentary “Arna’s Children”:
https://youtu.be/cQZiHgbBBcI
• Short Film “Strawberry”:
https://vimeo.com/209189656/e5510a6064
• Short Film “The Place”:
https://youtu.be/fgcIVhNvsII
• Documentary “The Mayor”:
https://youtu.be/aDvOnhssTcc
• Documentary “The Creation and the Nakba 1948”:
https://youtu.be/Bwy-Rf15UIs
• Documentary “Occupation” 101″:
https://youtu.be/C56QcWOGSKk
• “The Shadow of Absence” Documentary:
https://vimeo.com/220119035
• “The Don’t Exist” Documentary:
https://youtu.be/2WZ_7Z6vbsg
• “As The Poet Said” Documentary:
https://vimeo.com/220116068
• “Five Broken Cameras” Documentary:
https://youtu.be/TZU9hYIgXZw
• “Paradise Now” Feature Film:
https://vimeo.com/510883804
• “Abnadam” Short Film:
https://youtu.be/I–r85cOoXM
• “Wedding of Galilee”:
https://youtu.be/dYMQw7hQI1U
• The feature film “Keffiyeh”:
https://vimeo.com/780695653
• The documentary film “Slingshot Hip Hop”:
https://youtu.be/hHFlWE3N9Ik
• The documentary film “Tall al-Zaatar”:
https://youtu.be/Ma8H3sEbqtI
• The documentary film “Tall al-Zaatar – The Secrets of the Battle”:
https://youtu.be/Ma8H3sEbqtI
• The documentary film “In the Grip of the Resistance”:
https://youtu.be/htJ10ACWQJM
• The documentary film “Swings”:
https://youtu.be/gMk-Zi9vTGs
• The documentary film “Naji al-Ali: An Artist with Vision:
https://youtu.be/Y31yUi4WVsU
• “The Upper Gate” Documentary:
https://vimeo.com/433362585
• “In Search of Palestine” Documentary:
https://vimeo.com/184213685?1
• “Salt of this Sea” Feature Film:
https://bit.ly/3c10G3Z
• “Speak, Bird” Documentary:
https://youtu.be/wdkoxBjKM1Q
• “The Palestinian Exodus” Series:
https://bit.ly/3bXNAVp
• “I Am Jerusalem” Series:
https://bit.ly/3hG8sDV
Acre, Palestine, circa 1880. Public Domain. Via Picryl.
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