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 Paradise Lost (56 minutes) Israel Director: Ebtisam Mara’ana Producer: Duki Dror Description: Arab Israeli filmmaker Ebtisam Mara’ana grew up in Paradise (Fureidis in Arabic), a small fishing village overlooking the Mediterranean. One of the few Arab communities remaining after the 1948 war, Paradise became culturally and politically isolated as Jewish settlements sprung up around it, and today it is a place defined by silence and repression. This thought-provoking and intimate film diary follows the director’s attempt to recreate the village’s lost history, including the story of her childhood hero Suuad, the legendary local “bad girl” who was imprisoned as a PLO activist in the 1970’s and banished from the community. The director’s frustration builds as her questions are resisted, and her hopes soar when she finally meets Suuad, now a Doctor of Law living in the UK. Presenting the rarely heard voice of an Arab Israeli, this important film offers valuable insight into the contradictions and complexities of modern womanhood and national identity in the Middle East. Biography: Ebtisam Mara’ana, a Palestinian Israeli citizen, was born in Paradise in 1975. She graduated the school of cinema and television at the Jewish-Arab academic center of Givat Haviva. She directed a number of reports for the Feminine Outlook and Arabeska programs on Israel's Channel One. Her documentary on unrecognized Arab villages Wake up to the Native Land (1999) was aired on Israel's Channel Two. Mara’ana was the assistant director in the films made by Simon Bitton, Ram Levi, and Duki Dror. Paradise Lost is her first full-length film. Contact Information: Women Make Movies, Inc. 462 Broadway, Suite 500 WS New York, New York 10013 E-mail: info@wmm.com URL: http://www.wmm.com/
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