The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
2021
6.8 (9)
1 hr 49 min
Hebrew
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Citizen Jane Productions, ma.ja.de. Fiction, Les Films d'Ici, 24images
Keywords
- palestinian-israeli conflict
- cold war
- plo terrorist group
- colonialism
- israeli defense force
- terrorist attack
- terrorist group
- gaza strip
- geopolitics
- state crimes
- six day war (1967)
- hamas terrorist group
- west bank (cisjordan)
- anti-colonialism
- sionism
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Top Cast
Avital Barak as Self - Narrator (voice)
Avi Mograbi as Self - Host
Dani Vilenski as Self
Shlomo Gazit as Self
Roni Hirschson as Self
Zvi Barel as Self
Yossi Schwartz as Self
Eitan Kalinsky as Self
Top Crew
Avi Mograbi · Director, Writer
Tulik Galon · Cinematographer
Philippe Bellaiche · Cinematographer
Heino Deckert · Producer
Elina Pohjola · Producer
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