Palestinian Director Annemarie Jacir Talks Decade-Long Battle To Bring Arab Revolt Drama ‘Palestine 36’ To Big Screen: ” I’m Obsessed With The Period”

Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir’s historic drama Palestine 36 brought down the house at the Roy Thomson Hall on Friday evening as the film world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The feature explores the 1936-39 Arab Revolt in which Palestinians rose up against Britain’s colonial rule, against a backdrop of rising Jewish immigration following […]