Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989

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Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989

Country

Denmark

Language

Arabic

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The Story

Original title: Israel Palestina på svensk TV 1958–1989

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.

Producer

Tobias Janson, Ingemar Persson

Music

Gary Nilsson

Editor

Britta Norell

Themes

israelpalestinian-israeli conflictpalestine1970spublic televisionhuman rightsarchive footagenewsreel footage1980s1950s1960ssocial & cultural documentary

Production House

STORY

S.T.V. Studio