Struggling to be seen: The travails of Palestinian cinema

Professor Anandi Ramamurthy has had her new book “Struggling to be seen: The travails of Palestinian cinema” published by Daraja Press. The book explores the challenges Palestinian filmmakers confront to develop a cinema that gives expression to the national narrative. It is based on collaborative research involving Film Lab Palestine, Sheffield Palestine Cultural Exchange and Sheffield Hallam University.

It explores the political, economic and cultural contexts that impact on Palestinian film production and some of the barriers encountered in profiling and screening Palestinian films, to shed light on the complex terrain that is traversed to sustain and develop a film industry and film culture in historic Palestine and beyond.

 

“Struggling to be seen: The travails of Palestinian cinema” has been reviewed by Mike Phipps on Labour Hub, read the review here.