Born Out of Death

The WestGerman director Monica Maurer made a number of important films for the PLO The Israeli airstrikes against Beirut on 17 July 1981 killed 350 people including a pregnant woman whose baby could be rescued from her tornup womb Maurer shows the peoples suffering and pain their victimhood She addresses the systemic causes of violence referring back to the history of their country and formulating arguments for the necessity of a fight for liberation