Mustafa Abu Ali ( ar, مصطفى أبو علي), (1940 in Maliha, Palestine – 30 July 2009 in

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) was a

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filmmaker. Abu Ali studied at the University of California-Berkeley in the 1960s before studying cinema in

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, graduating in 1967. He is considered one of the founders of

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, and the Palestinian Cinema Association in

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in 1973, (re-established in Ramallah in 2004). Along with Sulafa Jadallah and Hani Jowharieh, he established the Palestine Film Unit (PFU)--which saw its primary task as "documenting the revolution and creating an archive of images of historical documents". After the PLO's move to Lebanon after the events of Black September, the PFU was renamed the Palestine Cinema Institute and became one of the seven departments of the PLO's Unified Media. Abu Ali headed the department from 1973 to 1975. Abu Ali wrote four screenplays and directed more than 30 films, for which he won more than 14 awards, the most recent from the 2003

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Film Festival.

Notable films

*1968: ''No to a Peaceful Solution'' *1971: ''With Soul, With Blood'' *1974: ''They Don't Exist''
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Emily Jacir Emily Jacir ( ar, املي جاسر) is a Palestinian artist and filmmaker. Biography Jacir was born in Bethlehem in 1973, Jacir spent her childhood in Saudi Arabia, attending high school in Italy. She attended the University of Dallas, Memp ...

Palestinian Revolution Cinema Come to NYC
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Annemarie Jacir Annemarie Jacir ( ar, آن ماري جاسر) is a Palestinian filmmaker, writer, and producer. Career Filmmaker She has been working in independent cinema since 1998 and has written, directed and produced a number of award-winning films. Two o ...

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Coming Home: Palestinian Cinema
27 February 2007,

''They Do Not Exist (Laysa lahum wujud)'' (25:09) (1974)
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Notable films

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