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Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 (2024)
Directed by Göran Olsson
Documentary, History · 3h 26m
Archival film maestro Göran Hugo Olsson has assembled—from a vast catalogue of footage in the vaults of Sweden’s national television service SVT—accounts of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as witnessed and represented by Swedish journalists. Stories of the beginning of the Israeli state interwoven with the Palestinian struggle for independence. News coverage with Yasser Arafat and interviews with Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban during a visit to Sweden unseen since first broadcast. From the tenth anniversary of Israel’s founding to the First Intifada, perspectives and encounters with statesmen, civilians, revolutionaries, and intellectuals tell the story from myriad angles of an evolving media landscape, revivifying a history of the ongoing conflict.
Cast
Yasser Arafat
David Ben-Gurion
Abba Eban
Crew
- Director
- Göran Olsson
- Writer
- Göran Olsson
- Original Music Composer
- Gary Nilsson
- Editor
- Britta Norell
- Producer
- Miia Haavisto, Ingemar Persson, Tobias Janson
Details
- Original title
- Israel Palestina på svensk TV 1958–1989
- Release date
- 2024-10-04
- Runtime
- 3h 26m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- SV
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, English, Hebrew, Swedish
- Countries
- Denmark, Finland, Sweden
- Production
- STORY, S.T.V. Studio, Film i Väst, Tekele Productions, SVT, Ström Pictures, Goteberg Films