Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat

Birth : 1929-08-24, Cairo, Egypt

Death : 2004-11-11

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Yasser Arafat

Movies

The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
Self - Politician (archive footage)
An exhaustive explanation of how the military occupation of an invaded territory occurs and its consequences, using as a paradigmatic example the recent history of Israel and the Palestinian territories, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, from 1967, when the Six-Day War took place, to the present day; an account by filmmaker Avi Mograbi enriched by the testimonies of Israeli army veterans.
Lebanon in Crisis
Self - Politician (archive footage)
The apocalyptic blast in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2020, exacerbates anger at those in power: protests cross religious boundaries as the Lebanese people curse corruption, nepotism, gross economic mismanagement and squandering of resources. How did the Land of Cedars, a country with so much to offer, allow itself to get into such a dire situation? And will it be able to bounce back?
Moonface: A Woman in the War
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
A walk through the life and career of the French artist Christine “Moonface” Spengler, a legendary photographer, one of the few female war reporters in the seventies, also a writer and surrealist painter, who has worked in Chad, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and other places where unfortunately war and death prevailed for years. This is her story, told in her own words.
King Bibi
Twenty years before the spectacle of Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu already understood the political benefits of a toxic relationship with the media, and direct communication with the public. King Bibi explores Netanyahu's rise to power, relying solely on archival footage of his media performances over the years: from his days as a popular guest expert on American TV, through his public confession of adultery, and his mastery of the art of social media. From one studio to another, "Bibi" evolved from Israel's great political hope, to a controversial figure whom some perceive as Israel's savior, and others - as a cynical politician who will stop at nothing to retain his power.
Two Meetings and a Funeral
Two Meetings and a Funeral explores Bangladesh’s historical pivot from the socialism of the 1973 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Algeria to its ideological counterpoint, the emergence of a strong Islamic perspective at the 1974 Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) meeting in Lahore. Centred on Bangladesh’s navigation of these two historic meetings, as well as its fight for United Nations recognition (vetoed by China, acting as a proxy for Pakistan), the film considers the erosion of the idea of the Third World as a potential space for decolonialism, liberation theology and socialism. In particular, it looks at how a transnational Islamic ‘ummah’ concept was used against socialist forces.
Unity
Self (archive footage)
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.
Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die
Self (archive footage)
This film attempts to correct the record when it comes to the left's attacks on President Bush, 9/11 and the war in Iraq and Kerry's 20-year tenure in the Senate.
Persona Non Grata
Himself
2003 documentary film produced by Oliver Stone for the HBO series America Undercover about the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. It includes interviews with Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu, former Prime Ministers of Israel, Yasser Arafat, the late President of the Palestinian National Authority, and various Palestinian activists.
Crossing Kalandia
Self
Filmmaker Sobhi al-Zobaidi lives in Ramallah with his wife and baby daughter. ‘Kalandia’ is the checkpoint the family has to cross, whenever they want to get to Jerusalem. The film shows the humiliation Palestinians suffer there every single day.
Greetings to Kamal Jumblatt
Himself
A documentary film eulogizing the life of Kamal Jumblat.
Wer die Erde liebt
A documentary dedicated to the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students held in East Berlin in the summer of 1973.