“Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989”, interview with director Göran Hugo Olsson and producer Tobias Janson

September 8, 2024

Göran Hugo Olsson director and Tobias Janson producer, "Israel Palestina på svensk TV 1958-1989", one of the world's longest conflicts through archival Swedish TV footage,

"Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989", interview with director Göran Hugo Olsson and producer Tobias Janson Maria Bonsanti

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The new film from the creators of The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 and Concerning Violence, titled Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989, is a documentary made entirely of archival material that once shaped the way the Swedish public understood the conflict.

The idea for the documentary appeared as Göran Hugo Olsson gained access to the archives of the Swedish national public television broadcaster. He was impressed by the incredible amount of material about Israel and Palestine, and he decided to tell the story as a chronic. In the beginning, it was complicated to convince the funders and it took time to get started.

Göran Hugo Olsson finished editing the sound just one week before the Venice Film Festival, because it was urgent for him to get the film out to the audience, considering the increasing level of horror.

Plot

Israel Palestine on Swedish Television 1958–1989 (a new film from the makers of The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 and Om våld) is comprised of unique and visually striking footage from perhaps the most comprehensive archive in the world depicting both sides of the conflict: the Swedish Television archives. Challenging and changing the conventions of how history is written, the film demonstrates how one country’s media perceived one of the world’s longest conflict.

Written by: Maria Bonsanti

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Göran Hugo Olsson

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Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989

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Mostra del Cinema di Venezia

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“Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989”, interview with director Göran Hugo Olsson and producer Tobias Janson

Göran Hugo Olsson director and Tobias Janson producer, "Israel Palestina på svensk TV 1958-1989", one of the world's longest conflicts through archival Swedish TV footage,

Plot

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