For Cultural Purposes Only (2009)
For Cultural Purposes Only (2009)
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.

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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.


Tagline: 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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Genres: Animation, Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 01 November 2009

Country: GB

Runtime: 8m

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Company: Arts Council of England, Channel 4 Television

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Sarah Wood

Sarah Wood

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