For Cultural Purposes Only(2009)

AnimationDocumentaryRated 8 min.

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.

"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?"

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OriginUnited Kingdom

Languagesen

CompaniesArts Council of England/Channel 4 Television

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