The Sons of Eilaboun explained

The Sons of Eilaboun
Director:Hisham Zreiq
Producer:Hisham Zreiq
Music:Duncan Patterson
Marcel Khalife
Cinematography:Amir Reshpon
Editing:Hisham Zreiq
Runtime:24 minutes
Country:Germany
Palestinian territories
Israel
Language:Arabic, English

The Sons of Eilaboun (Arabic: أبناء عيلبون) is a 2007 documentary film by Palestinian artist and film maker Hisham Zreiq (Zrake), that tells the story of the Eilabun massacre,[1] which was committed by the Israeli army during Operation Hiram in October 1948. Eilaboun is a village in the Northern Galilee between Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee. In the incident, fourteen men were killed and twelve of them were executed. The villagers were expelled to Lebanon and became refugees for few months, before being allowed to return in 1949.

The film is the story of the film maker's family, and specially his father's story.[2] Hisham Zreiq explained why he made the film when he said "He choked and his eyes were full of tears, and with a trembling voice he said 'I remember it as if it has just happened' -- this is the way he ended the story, the story of a nine-year-old boy from a small village called Eilaboun, in Palestine 1948, the story of my father, when he was a refugee".[3]

Hisham Zreiq was acknowledged by Ramiz Jaraisy, the mayor of Nazareth and by Hana Sweid, an Israeli Arab politician and member of the Knesset from Eilaboun,[4] where Jaraisy described the film as an important work that tells the Palestinian story in a contrast with the dominant Israeli version. Gilad Atzmon, an Israeli-born British, political activist and writer, wrote in an article: "Zreiq manages to deliver a very deep and authentic reading of Palestinian history. He also manages to portray the intense emotional impact of the Nakba on those who survived the horror."[5]

Synopsis

The film starts with Melia Zreiq, an old woman from Eilaboun, saying: "I hope God will bring peace to this land, and let the peoples live together - a good life. I hope there will be peace". Historian Ilan Pappe talks about Plan Dalet, a plan that David Ben-Gurion and the Haganah leaders in Palestine worked out during autumn 1947 to spring 1948. Pappe discusses the details of the plan, and how was it carried out. On October 30, 1948, the Israeli army entered Eilaboun at approximately 5 AM. They then forced the villagers together in the main square of the village. They chose seventeen young men. Five of them were taken as human shield, and the rest of the twelve were killed, each in a different location. This all happened after the expulsion of the rest of the village to Lebanon, where they became refugees after a five days forced march to Lebanon. After a United Nations peace keeper observed and reported Israel was forced to allow the people back.[6]

Awards and festivals

The film won the Al-Awda award in Palestine 2008,[7] and was screened in several festivals and events, such as:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Remembering the Sons of Eilaboun by Gilad Atzmon. https://web.archive.org/web/20120418025835/http://www.adbusters.org/features/eilaboun.html. dead. April 18, 2012.
  2. Web site: بالفيديو والصور: "أبناء عيلبون" صورة مصغرة لمواجهة الاحتلال. مصراوي.كوم.
  3. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/897/sc3.htm Al-Ahram Weekly: Because it is our right
  4. Web site: Aljazeera.Net . 2010-03-03 . 2012-02-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120208012617/http://www.aljazeera.net/news/archive/archive?ArchiveId=1070538 . dead .
  5. Web site: Remembering The Sons Of Eilaboun. https://web.archive.org/web/20120418025835/http://www.adbusters.org/features/eilaboun.html. dead. April 18, 2012.
  6. Web site: The Sons of Eilaboun (أبناء عيلبون) | The Sons of Eilaboun. sonsofeilaboun.com.
  7. Web site: 2nd Annual Al-Awda Award. https://web.archive.org/web/20080827173145/http://www.badil.org/Publications/Press/2008/press465-08.htm. dead. August 27, 2008.
  8. Web site: "The Sons of Eilaboun" at Sixth Annual International Al-Awda Convention. www.al-awda.org.
  9. http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/thesonsofeilabounshortversion_bostonpalestine2008;jsessionid=9020431D8A678ECC73E794AE42A79FD6 Boston Palestine Film Festival 2008
  10. Web site: The Mandy Network | Jobs for actors, performers, filmmakers and production crew. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718173116/http://www.festivalfocus.org/film_view.php?uid=12280. dead. July 18, 2011. www.mandy.com.
  11. Web site: المهرجان الدولي للسينما الأوروبية العربية في أسبانيا. www.cinematechhaddad.com.
  12. http://www.jccarthage.org/eng/cin_palestine_3.php Carthage Film Festival 2008
  13. Web site: Palestinian Perspectives. palestinianperspectives.blogspot.com.
  14. Web site: Sons of Eliaboun . 2009-04-10 . 2011-08-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110809060440/http://palestinefilmfest.com/en/festival/2009/sons-of-eliaboun . dead .
  15. Web site: Arab Film Festival . 2009-11-20 . 2009-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091012071752/http://www.aff.org/2009/film_detail.php?film_id=596 . dead .
  16. Web site: Sixth Twin Cities Arab Film Festival . 2010-03-27 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205506/http://mizna.org/arabfilmfest10/thesonsofeilaboun.html . dead .
  17. http://www.muestradecinepalestino.com Palestine Film Festival in Madrid
  18. Web site: shrdn: AL ARD DOC FILM FESTIVAL – programma proiezioni.
  19. Web site: Toronto Palestine Film Festival.

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