19.07.2022
08 pm
Municipal Theater / Ramallah City Hall
On the 50th Commemoration of the Martyrdom of Ghassan Kanafani, Filmlab Palestine in collaboration with Nadi lekol Nas and in partnership with Ramallah Municipality invites you to the screening of the newly restored documentary " Resistance why?"
RESISTANCE - WHY (Lebanon 1971)
by Christian Ghazi
Language: English
Subtitles: Arabic
In 1970, at the initiative of Soraya Antonius (Fifth of June Society), Christian Ghazi and Noureddine Chatti met with a number of Arab political figures, especially Palestinians residing in Lebanon.
In the documentary produced, Ghassan Kanafani, Sadiq Jalal El-Azm, Nabil Shaath and other personalities share their vision of the Palestinian revolution, tracing its history back to the early 20th century. These testimonies describe the numerous strikes and popular protests that took place in Palestine under the Ottoman occupation, followed by the British colonization and the settlement of the Jewish state in 1948. They enumerate the objectives of the struggle, emphasizing the necessity for a free and democratic Palestine, defended through armed or non-armed struggle by all its citizens, men and women of various affiliations