Tantura • 2022 • (Documentary - English Arabic Subtitles)

Tantura • 2022 • (Documentary/History) •🕞1h 34m
🌟 Stars: Avigdor Feldman, Yoav Gelber, Teddy Katz •🎬Director: Alon Schwarz •📝Writers: Halil Efrat, Alon Schwarz, Shaul Schwarz
——• 👀 Plot:
In the war of 1948, hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated. Israelis call it 'The War of Independence. Palestinians call it 'Nakba'. The film examines one village, Tantura, and why "Nakba" is taboo in Israeli society.
Director Alon Schwarz revisits former Israeli soldiers of the Alexandroni Brigade and confronts them with Teddy's recorded audiotape interviews, as well as visiting former Palestinian residents of Tantura to re-examine what happened in the village and explore why "The Nakba" is taboo in Israeli society. The now elderly ex-soldiers recall unsettling acts of war while disquietly pausing at points they either don't want to remember or won't speak of. Audio from Katz's 20-year-old interviews cuts through the silence of self-preservation and exposes how power, silencing, and protected narratives can sculpt history. The film provides a rare look at Israeli society's first generation and how the country's founding myth has shaped reality for generations. The film brings never-before-seen archival footage from the war of 1948 alongside intimate interviews with ex-Israeli soldiers, Palestinian residents, and historians.