Shattered memory

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Production year: 2023

Duration: 14:48:00

Produced by: Daralkalima university & dca nca palestine

Synopsis: The documentary talks about the memory of photojournalist “Mahfouz Abu Turk” and the archive through which he documented the events he experienced in the city of Jerusalem and the West Bank from the first intifada 1987 and the events that followed until the end of the nineties. The film takes us on a journey through the stories and the photo archive to the shared memory, What the Palestinian people are exposed to in their daily lives, and the film focuses on the suffering of the photojournalist and media personality in his work from oppression and abuse, and silencing him from prove the truth to the world by restricting freedom of opinion and expression and interfering by any means to obstruct the display of documents that prove the brutality of the occupation and the oppressive practices against the Palestinian people.

Director: Hayat labban

Nationality: Palestine

Director Bio: Hayat Labban, a Palestinian from Jerusalem, finished a diploma in documentary film production and a bachelor’s degree in film production,” film directing”. and two years in psychology, and workshops about theatre, performances dance and filmmaking. During the study, several films were produced, including a short documentary about the archive of the Al-Hakawati Theater in Jerusalem, which was shown in some local and Arab festivals, and a short experimental film, She works as a trainee in some of the films, As a photographer documenting training workshops in Jerusalem and the West Bank.