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ON DVD

Children Nevertheless

 أطفال ... ولكن

A film by

Khadijeh Habashneh

 

This film compares the actual Palestinian children situation to what they should have according to the International Declaration Of Child Rights.

 

Available DVDs

 

 

منير بشير

تأمل وارتجال

 

Munir Bashir

Legend Of Iraqi Music

Meditation & Improvisation

A unique DVD by the Master

 

 

   

 

Munir Bashir (منير بشير ) - was one of the most famous musicians in the Middle East during the 20th. century and was considered to be the supreme master of the Arab maqamat scale system.

 

This unique video recording was made at Bissan Film Studio in 1995 in Amman, Jordan.; directed by Mustafa Abu Ali (مصطفى أبو علي).

 

The DVD contains :

  • Maqam Hijaz Kar - 11:24 min. - مقام حجاز كار

  • Maqam Awj (Mukhalif, Oushar, Iraq) - 10:48 min. -   مقام أوج ، مخالف ، أوشار ،عراق

  • Maqam Al Rahawi (Orfah, Hijaz) - 11:36 min. -

    مقام الرهاوي ، أورفة ، حجاز

  • Maqam Rast - 6:40 min - مقام راست

  • Maqam Binj Kah - 7:19 min - مقام بنج كاه

  • Love & Peace: To Every Mother In The World - 17:03 min. - الى كل أم في الدنيا

"When I played Munir Bashir music to my American friends, they were extremely impressed ... they did not know there were such great soloists and composers on the Oud... I was so proud !!!" - J. Kareem, LA.

 


 

ليس لهم وجود

- سينما الثورة الفلسطينية -

مصطفى أبو علي

 

They Do Not Exist

A film by Mustafa Abu Ali

 

- Prize of Honor , Leipzig Film festival 1974

- Prize of the Arab Film Critics Union

Carthage Film Festival 1978

 

 

 

 

 

This film which was produced in 1974, is considered one of the classics of the Palestinian Revolution Cinema in the period of 1968 to 1982. Duration: 24 minutes, in black and white, originally shot on 16 mm. film.

( This  DVD is distributed for the benefit and support of  the non-profit NGO " Palestinian Cinema Group" , PCG)

 

 

 

أطفال ... ولكن

خديجة حباشنة 

     Children Nevertheless

 

A film by

Khadijeh Habashneh

 

This film compares the actual Palestinian children situation to what they should have according to the International Declaration Of Child Rights.

25 min.

( This  DVD is distributed for the benefit and support of  the non-profit NGO " Palestinian Cinema Group" , PCG)

 

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"Rachel Corrie: An American Conscience"

فيلم  يحيى بركات

A powerful documentary  by Yahia Barakat

Rachel Corrie (1979-2003) was an American from Washington State who was a member of the International Solidarity Movement. She was killed by a Caterpillar D-9 bulldozer driven by an Israeli soldier, in Rafah, Gaza Strip in March 2003 while trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home.

The film includes interview footage of Ms Corrie as well as interviews with other activists, American diplomat Edward Peck, actor Richard Gere and footage from from Gaza, the West Bank and Olympia, Washington. . Yahia Barakat is a professor in the Mass Media and TV Department at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem.

Duration is 75 minutes - Available in English with Arabic subtitles.

A play entitled My Name is Rachel Corrie, based on Rachel Corrie's diaries and emails and edited by Katherine Viner and Alan Rickman was staged initially in London UK. Subsequent performances in the United States and Canada have been controversially cancelled or postponed.

 

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THE HOUSE OF GOD
Original language title: BEIT ALLAH

فيلم يحيى بركات

Director: Yahia Barakat.

This film tells of the 40-day Israeli siege of the church of the nativity in Bethlehem. The story is told through interviews of eyewitnesses (many of them religious leaders) and by incorporating actual footage of the siege.

Country of production: Palestine : Year: 2002
42 min - Language: Arabic
 

 

 
 

 

ON DVD

THEY DO NOT EXIST

A film by

 Mustafa Abu Ali

 

ليس لهم وجود

مصطفى أبو علي

 

Winner of :

- Honorary Mention , Leipzig Film festival 1974
- Prize of the Arab Film Critics Union, Carthage Film Festival 1978

 

 

 

 

SOON ON DVD

 

مشاهد من الاحتلال في غزة

SCENES FROM OCCUPIED GAZA 

 A film by : Mustafa Abu Ali

 

Winner of Golden Prize -

Palestine Film festival

Baghdad, 1973

 

Produced by the

Palestinian Cinema Group, (PCG) 1973

 

(Go to links for a review of the film)

 

 

 

 

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