Scenes of the Occupation from Gaza

Palestine | 1973 | 13 min | Documentary A work created from a French news report about the Gaza Strip that Abu Ali re-edited, adding additional footage and a new commentary. This is the only film produced by the Palestinian Cinema Group, a large collective of filmmakers and artists that came together in 1973. A film by Mustafa Abu Ali Born in 1940 in Maliha, Palestine, director and producer Mustafa Abu Ali is considered one of the founders of Palestinian cinema. In 1967-1968, after studying cinema in London, he founded with filmmakers Hany Jawhariyya and Sulafa Jadallah, under the aegis of Fatah, a film unit in Amman, Jordan. In 1973, Mustafa Abu Ali contributed to the creation of the “Palestinian Cinema Group”, intended to promote the development of a Palestinian cinema that supports the national resistance. Related to the revolutionary cinema movement, Mustafa Abu Ali has directed more than thirty films throughout his career.