Five must watch films about the expulsion of Palestinians in 1948

Palestinians are marking 75 years since the Nakba (also known as the Catastrophe), the name given to the expulsion of more than 750,000 people from their homes and land in the lead up to the establishment of Israel.

Many of those Palestinians now live in camps in the occupied West Bank, or in exile in surrounding Arab countries or in a blockaded Gaza. To understand the current situation, we need to acknowledge the Nakba of 1948.

In a previous article for Middle East Eye, I wrote about my journey co-presenting the BBC documentary, The Holy Land and Us, on this turbulent period in Palestinian history. 

From a young age, I had been told that my grandparents had fled their village in fear in 1948. 

Read more: The Nakba on screen: Five must watch films about the expulsion of Palestinians in 1948