For Cultural Purposes Only
Synopsis
An experimental film essay investigating the cultural importance of cinema.
In an age dominated by the moving image what would it feel like to never see an image of the place that you came from?
The Palestinian Film Archive contained over 100 films showing the daily life and struggle of the Palestinian people. It was lost in the Israeli siege of Beirut in 1982. Here interviewees describe from memory key moments from the history of Palestinian cinema. These scenes are drawn and animated. Where film survives, the artist's impressions are corroborated. This is a film about reconstruction and the idea that cinema is an expression of cultural identity - that cinema fuels memory.
Details
- Year
- 2009
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 9 mins
- Format
- DigiBeta
- Director
- Sarah Wood
- Director of Photography
- Campbell
- Sound
- Andy Coles, Basel Abbas
- Original Executive/Editors
- Lucy Harris, Sue Giovanni
- Sound
- Andy Coles, Basel Abbas
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 28th January 2011
