The Palestinian Cinema of Occupation

Films for understanding life under apartheid

Scene from Farah Nabulsi’s The Present (2020), via DFI/Native Liberty Productions/Philistine Films

Palestinians are marginalized across all western media, including cinema. Yet for the past several decades, Palestinian filmmakers have created an extraordinary archive of films documenting their lives under occupation. They have revealed the terror of checkpoints, the trauma of war, and the everyday challenges of living in a…