A new documentary about a massacre committed by Israeli soldiers in 1948 reveals that despite repeated Israeli denial of the Nakba — the expulsion and flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians that accompanied Israel’s founding — archival records and testimonies from Israeli officials will continue to haunt the country. The film, “Tantura,” directed by Alon Schwarz, overturns efforts to repress the crimes of the Nakba, while proving that the Palestinian narrative cannot be ignored.
“Tantura,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and was produced with Israeli government funding, features testimonies of Israeli soldiers who participated in the massacre that took place in the titular Palestinian village, south of Haifa, in May 1948. The documentary was screened on Israeli television earlier this year, and already one of its most notable consequences has been the disclosure of facts regarding the killings to the Israeli public, many of whom deny what happened
— source 972mag.com | Baker Zoubi | Dec 13, 2022