Promised Lands

In 1973, Susan Sontag travelled to post-war Israel to film a documentary.

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Documentary

Overview

Susan Sontag scrutinizes the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict and the growing divisions within Jewish thought over the question of Palestinian sovereignty. Shot in Israel during the final days of the Yom Kippur War. Promised Lands is less straight documentary than visual collage. There are images of combat zones and soldiers, but also everyday street life, desert landscapes, funerals, supermarkets, the Wailing Wall. The soundtrack is snatches of radio, bursts of church bells and gunfire, and an extended voiceover from two politically opposed Israeli thinkers.

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woman director

Details

Status: Released
Release date: July 11, 1974
Original language: French
Spoken languages: English, French, Hebrew
Countries: France, Poland
Cast: Susan Sontag
Director: Susan Sontag
Writer: Susan Sontag
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0072041