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Forbidden Marriages in the Holy Land
Michel Khleifi | UK/Belgian/Palestinian | 1995 | 66 min. | documentary video

Palestinian filmmaker Khleifi looks at mixed marriages between partners of different religious and ethnic groups in Israeli and Palestinian society. With humor and pathos, Khleifi elicits wonderfully charming interviews from eight couples of all ages and backgrounds who have placed their love for one another above the restrictions placed on them by their family, friends, and religion. Their testimonies betray a gratifying individualism which is beginning to challenge the orthodox and the arcane in both Jewish and Arab societies.

American Premiere, 1996 Human Rights Watch Festival. Distributed by Sindibad Film Ltd., Nathalie Boutin, 5 Princes Gate, 2nd Floor, London, SW7 1QJ, UK, Tel: 011-44-171-823-7488 Fax: 011-44-171-823-9137.

Michel Khleifi
Michel Khleifi is Palestine's foremost director. His films include Fertile Memories (1980), Wedding in Galilee (International Critics Prize, Cannes Film Festival, 1987), Canticle of the Stone (Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival, 1990), L'Ordre du Jour (1992), and Tale of the Three Jewels (Cannes, Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, 1995).

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