https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/8929ada8-3536-44f6-a4b2-266d61bc441c Part 2: https://youtu.be/hgkFVWS9ohU “The Palestinian People do have Rights” (1978) is a color documentary film that was produced at the request and under the guidance of the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of Inalienable Human Rights of the Palestinian People. Made in Spring and Summer of 1978, on the heels of conflict in South Lebanon and just before the Camp David Accords, the film sheds light on the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the lives of Palestinians refugees in camps across Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. Specifically, the film touches on the important question of Palestinian identity and the right to statehood. Part 1 of the two-part film, this portion of the film focuses on the erasure of Palestinian identity and education and economy in the refugee camps. This film notably features interviews with important academics like Dr. Constantin Zurayk, Dr. Sari Nassir, and Dr. Edward Said as well as with Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Yasser Arafat. Film opens, map of the Levant region with historic Palestine shaded in red; Message about production of film appears on screen (0:08). Interview with Dr. Sari Nassir and colleague (0:43). Archival footage Palestinian refugees during the Nakba (1948) walking through desert landscapes carrying possessions on their backs, experience repeated in ‘67, ‘70, ‘76, ‘78; Life in tents (1:50). End of British Mandate in Palestine, United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine; Changing territorial limits and footage of fighting (2:53). Dr. Sari Nassir interview (3:31). Dr. Constantin Zurayk interview (4:31). Illustrations, paintings depicting historic Palestine under different colonizing powers i.e. Arabs; Ethnic diversity in Palestine since biblical times i.e. Canaanites, Philistines, Babylonians, Greeks, Persians (4:44). Map of region detailing expansion of Ottoman Empire from present day Turkey into Levant (5:53). Dr. Constantin Zurayk interview (8:29). Dr. Edward Said speaks to camera in front of Columbia University’s Low Memorial Library (11:03). Establishment of UNWRA (11:17). Palestinian right to return (12:21). Women collect water from communal foundation in camp (12:46). Aerial view of Beirut Corniche, private speed boats and swimmers in the blue waters of Mediterranean (13:35). Crowded urban dwellings of Palestinian refugees living in Beirut (14:00). Hubeishi Family apartment (14:15). UNRWA school for children in Lebanon, interview with teacher Adnan Abd-el-Rahim (14:52). Emergence of Fatah and PLO, scenes from “contemporary” refugee camp with shops, cement housing structures (15:56). Interview with Yasser Arafat, wearing black-and-white keffiyeh (symbol of Palestinian resistance) (16:26). Arafat in meeting with members of the PLO; PLO offices(16:46). PLO soldier at street checkpoint in refugee enclave stops cars: 1967 Mercedes-Benz 200D, Peugeot 504 (17:13). Yasser Arafat interview continues in Arabic (18:22). PLO freedom fighters training camp (Palestinian fedayeen): Young men (about 18 in age) do push-ups, crunches; Other trainees do traditional Dabke dance (18:55). Young children playing in refugee camp wear play military uniforms, play songs of the fedayeen soldiers (19:40). Education beyond UNWRA classroom: Kids in military uniforms learn about Palestinian culture, discipline drills (19:49). Jobs and small businesses in the camps: Group of artisans seen using traditional furnaces for glassblowing (20:20). Eugene Makhlouf, dentist (21:13). Edward Said discusses high education level among Palestinians (21:38). Seasonal workers pick oranges from trees of local landowner (22:03). SAMED workers cooperatives founded by Fatah: Women learn vocational skills (22:46). Close-up women working on applying tatreez embroidery to traditional thobe (23:30). Young man works in SAMED carpentry workshop, poster of Arafat looks over him (23:45). PLO-provided civil centers: Hospitals, research centers (24:20). Youssef Iraqi, MD (Palestinian Red Crescent) interview (24:39). Inside PLO hospital: Young man is fitted with prosthetic, physical therapy, psychiatric evaluations (24:53). Man pedals Marlboro cigarettes on street corner (26:00). Film ends (26:24). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. 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