The Shadow of Absence

Synopsis

"Born in Palestine. Died in Lebanon." "Born in Palestine. Died in Syria." "Born in Palestine. Died in Jordan." The camera pans across an endless row of white tombstones. The Shadow of Absence takes death as its subject yet in doing so presents a powerful statement about Palestinian life. Weaving elements of his own story of dislocation into the Palestinian collective narrative, filmmaker Nasri Hajjaj reverses the usual focus of the Nakba documentary by exploring the denial of the Palestinian right to death and burial in the homeland.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Nasri Hajjaj
Writing	Writer	Nasri Hajjaj
Camera	Director of Photography	Khaled Belkhiria Ali Bin Abdallah
Editing	Editor	Michèle Tyan
Sound	Music	Hiba Alkawass Sami Totah Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki Kamilia Jubran
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