The Sons Of Eilaboun a Hisham Zreiq Film (original) (raw)

A Documentary Film By Hisham Zreiq

The Sons of EilabounA story of a small Palestinian village, that tells the tale of a nation

He choked and his eyes were full of tears, and with a trembling voice he said “I remember it as if it has just happened”,
this is the way he ended the story, the story of a nine years old boy from a small village called Eilaboun (Eilabun),
in Palestine 1948, the story of my father, when he was a refugee.

“This is the most important film about the Nakba”Ramiz Jaraisy

“Your film packed such a punch so efficiently that we had to include it.Mohannad Ghawanmeh, Mizna's Twin Cities Arab Film Festival

“It is a very powerful, pointed and incisive film.”Ilan Pappé

“He (Zreiq) also manages to portray the intense emotional impact of the Nakba
on those who survived the horror.”Gilad Atzmon

“... is a rare look into a time in history that changed the future of the entire Meddle East.”Ghassan Bannoura

“The film uses moving personal testimonies of survivors and relatives
who witnessed the execution to both document and humanise this past.”Una McGahern