Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 (2024)
Archival film maestro Göran Hugo Olsson has assembled—from a vast catalogue of footage in the vaults of Sweden’s national television service SVT—accounts of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as witnessed and represented by Swedish journalists. Stories of the beginning of the Israeli state interwoven with the Palestinian struggle for independence. News coverage with Yasser Arafat and interviews with Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban during a visit to Sweden unseen since first broadcast. From the tenth anniversary of Israel’s founding to the First Intifada, perspectives and encounters with statesmen, civilians, revolutionaries, and intellectuals tell the story from myriad angles of an evolving media landscape, revivifying a history of the ongoing conflict.
Director: Göran Olsson
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Yasser Arafat as Self (archive footage) |
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David Ben-Gurion as Self (archive footage) |
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Abba Eban as Self (archive footage) |
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Per-Åke Holmquist as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Göran Olsson | Director |
| Editing | Britta Norell | Editor |
| Sound | Micke Nyström | Sound |
| Production | Tobias Janson | Producer |
| Production | Ingemar Persson | Producer |
| Production | Miia Haavisto | Producer |
| Sound | Gary Nilsson | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Melissa Lindgren | Executive Producer |
| Production | Monica Hellström | Co-Producer |
| Production | Marja Pihlaja | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jenny Luukkonen | Co-Producer |
| Production | Kristina Börjeson | Co-Producer |
| Production | Asta Dalman | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Emilia Mellberg | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Anssi Kainulainen | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Amanda Kahn | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Irma Bergdahl | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Ebba Bangoura | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Victoria Machmudov | Production Assistant |
| Production | Hannah Reinikainen Bergenman | Production Assistant |
| Production | Zahraa Aldoujaili | Production Assistant |
| Writing | Göran Olsson | Writer |
