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Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948 is a documentary film of Benny Brunner and Alexandra Jansse. It follows the events that surround the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. It was filmed in 1996, is 58 minutes long and is in English.
Directed by: Benny Brunner & Alexandra Jansse. (56 mins) AL NAKBA tackles the tragic events surrounding the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem and examines how and why 750,000 Palestinian Arabs became refugees by the end of the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948.
Based on the book The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, by noted historian Benny Morris, AL-NAKBA is the first documentary to examine the tragedy that accompanied the birth of the state of Israel in 1948 - the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians.
Film makers Benny Brunner and Alexandra Jansse spoke with Palestinians and Israelis of different backgrounds including: Anzi Bishara, an Arab-Israeli philosopher and member of the Knesset (Israeli parliament); Shaban Muhmoud, a Palestinian refugee from the village of Zakariya (near Jerusalem); and Itzhak Pundak, a retired Israeli colonel and ...
1948 Palestinian Exodus: Directed by Benny Brunner, Alexandra Jansse. With Joseph Rochlitz. The film presents eyewitness accounts of Palestinian refugees and Zionist soldiers to tell the story of the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians as a part of the creation of the state of Israel.
Based on historian Benny Morris' book "The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-49". Produced and directed for ARTE by Benny Brunner and Alexandra Jansse.
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Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948 is a documentary film of Benny Brunner and Alexandra Jansse. It follows the events that surround the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. It was filmed in 1996, is 58 minutes long and is in English.
