movies

It’s not about Palestine, and made by a Western director, but it might still be what you’re looking for:

The Act of Killing, (CW reenacted violence) a documentary in which the perpetrators of the 1965-7 anticommunist genocide in Indonesia were asked to make a propaganda movie demonstrating how they did it, not realizing the documentary would instead show their depravity and evil.

This documentary was devastating for me, both personally and on a human level, not to mention what it means for the safety of leftists. It’s not entertaining by any means though, it’s a heavy one.

Irani cinema has some pretty great releases.. The Wind Will Carry Us, A Separation, The Day I Became A Woman, Ten, Children Of Heaven, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, etc..

Some other good Middle Eastern ones include Capernaum, Farha, Incendies (French Canadian director), Last Man In Aleppo, The Band's Visit, etc.

I think, in the general-ish region, Turkey has the largest and most diverse film industry by far. There are some legitimate gems. Dedemin İnsanları, Once Upon A Time In Anatolia, Son Çıkış, Annemin Yarası, Zeytin Ağacı, Bir Başkadır, Aile Arasında, Ölü Ekmeği, Yaşı Batı, G.O.R.A., Pek Yakında, Kosmos, Monseuir Ibrahim (French but it ends in Turkey).

Again not from Palestine but Carlos (2010) is an epic multilingual action movie about Carlos the Jackal of the PFLP.

There are a few versions out there, but the one that you want is the Euro miniseries that's cut into three 1:45 segments, the first is everything before the OPEC raid and hijacking, the second is just OPEC, the third is everything after.

(This is an annoying thing to say but true: the 2.5 hour cut is completely incoherent and a bad, confusing movie. Just watch part one and/or part two if you don't want a huge time commitment)

I liked Shekarchi (The Hunter) (2010) with Rafi Pitts