A FIDAI FILM

During Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, its Defence Force looted the archive of the Palestinian Research Centre, taking every sort of document with them back to Israel. These included both still and moving images that formed an integral part of the visual memory of Palestine. Those stolen materials were then used by Israel to create a narrative aimed at bolstering the Occupation. As openly referenced by the title (Fidai refers to the figure of the freedom fighter), A Fidai Film is an act of resistance that re-appropriates those images in an attempt to reanimate Palestine’s vanishing history.