This film has recently been restored.

This restoration was carried out using a 2K scan of the original 16mm reversal positive work print and 16mm magnetic sound preserved at the Archives françaises du film.
Scan image: Adrien Von Nagel – Polygone étoilé/Film Flamme
Sound scanner: Jean-Philippe Bessas
Image restoration: Mahmoud Korek, Mounir Al Mahmoud – ThePostOffice
Sound restoration: Monzer El Hachem
Calibration: Chrystel Elias – Lucid Post
Coordination, production: Mathilde Rouxel, Jinane Mrad – Association Jocelyne Saab
Available versions: French version – subtitles: French, English, Arabic, Spanish

Palestinian women, the often forgotten victims of the Israeli-Palestinian war, are here givern the space to express themselves.

Casting

Directed by Jocelyne Saab
DOP: Hassan Naamani
Editor: Philippe Gosselet
Production: Jocelyne Saab
Copyright: Association Jocelyne Saab

Jocelyne Saab’s word…

“In 1973, I direct Palestinian Women for Antenne 2. I wanted to show these women, the Palestinian combatants in Syria, at a tume when there were so few so few images of them. This is just before Sadaat’s visit to Israel – the situation is very tense. While I’m editing the film on the premises of Antenne 2, Paul Nahon, then head of the Foreign Editorial Departement, grabs me by the collar and takes me out of the editing room. Palestinian Women remains unfinished and is never shown on television.

Interview by Nicole Brenez in Paris, 2015.

Palestinian Women

Documentary, 1974, color, France, 16 mm, 16 min.

Casting

Jocelyne Saab’s word…

Jocelyne Saab

Fonds d’archives

Projet Graphein

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