The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
Jocelyne Saab and the Palestinian Resistance
When
Wed 18 Nov 2026
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Though Saab chronicled multiple conflicts, she remained most committed to the Palestinian struggle. This program contains five of her most important works. Palestinian Women (1974) profiles militants, students and educators, and remained unfinished after her Antenne 2 boss dragged her from the editing room. The Rejection Front (1975) documents the routines and ideology of a group splintered from the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). Children of War (1976) uses Saab’s own camera to connect with survivors of a Lebanese Front massacre.
Saab’s masterwork, Beirut, My City (1982), maps the remains of her own destroyed West Beirut home alongside firsthand footage of the Israeli siege and PLO exit. Forced to leave Lebanon herself, a melancholy sympathy marks The Ship of Exile (1982), a portrayal of Yasser Arafat’s journey to Greece.
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