Tall el Zaatar
1977 · Mustafa Abu Ali, Pino Adriano, Jean Chamoun · 18 min · Documentary, Short · Palestina, Italy
Spoken in Arabic
Subtitled in English and Portuguese
In the early summer of 1976, right-wing militias representing a coalition of ultra-nationalist and counter-revolutionary forces laid siege to the refugee camp of Tall al-Zaatar (“Hill of Thyme”) in Beirut. After holding out for months without food, water, or medical supplies, and under heavy artillery and sniper fire,…