Urgent Call of Palestine

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The Urgent Call of Palestine

by Ismael Shammout. Singer: Zeinab Shaath. Restored documentary, 5 min; Lebanon 1973.

Shot in Lebanon in 1972, it is intertwinned with a short interview of Kamal Nasser, one of the first poets to celebrate the Palestinian uprising since the 1950s. He later became a spokeperson for the PLO, and was assassinated by the israeli secret service this very year 1973. The film was seized by the israeli army from the PLO in Beirut in 1982. It was uncovered by Rona Sela and appears in her movie Looted and Hidden (2017).

https://vimeo.com/254845168

Source:

https://palestinecinema.com/movies/the-urgent-call-of-palestine