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Six Days in June (2007)
Character: Self (archive footage)
The shooting lasted on six tense days in June 1967, but the Six Day War has never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades stems from those six fateful days.
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Ernesto Che Guevara (1995)
Character: Self(archive footage)
Documentary about the life of revolutionary Cuban leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
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How to Stage a Coup (2017)
Character: N/A
A guide to human history through its most audacious power grabs. From Julius Caesar to Napoleon; from Mussolini to the strongmen of the present day - we see how the world we know has been shaped by those who dream big.
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Au temps où les Arabes dansaient (2018)
Character: N/A
Writer, director, and journalist Jawad Rhalib presents a timely exploration of Muslim identity in relation to artistic expression and harmful stereotypes, through archival footage, interviews, and evocative performances.
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Israël, uitverkoren en gehaat (1976)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Documentary about Israel, with the theme: Why all this hatred towards Israel? First, a historical section, followed by the theological aspect.
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Un mur à Jérusalem (1968)
Character: Self (archive footage)
A brilliant documentary about the growth of Israel into the Jewish homeland. Seventy-three years of struggle for religious freedom is vividly recorded using rare archive film footage and photographs of historic events in the development of 20th century Israel. Beginning with the Dreyfus Affair in 1894, the film covers Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism; the earliest immigration and settlements; the formation of kibbutzim; the Balfour Declaration; the rise of European anti-Semitism; the British occupation of Palestine; Arab confrontations; the United Nations resolution; the "Exodus" incident, and the Six Day War.
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Gehlen: Hitler's Superspy (1974)
Character: Self (archive footage)
This is the remarkable story of Reinhard Gehlen, former Head of the German Secret Service, who helped to found the CIA, the American Central Intelligence Agency.
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Nasser, du rêve au désastre (2016)
Character: Self (Archive footage)
Through eyewitness accounts and archival footage, viewers are taken on a journey through the great battles that defined President Gamal Abdel Nasser's life—from dramatic economic development initiatives to his ambitions for creating a unified Arab nation. The film chronicles his inspiring success and tragic failures while also exploring how he inspired generations of global leaders in both politics and activism.
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The Spy Who Fell to Earth (2019)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Based on Dr. Ahron Bregman's book, this documentary examines the life and mysterious death of Ashraf Marwan, an Egyptian billionaire and double agent.
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Leila Khaled: Hijacker (2005)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Leila Khaled was the first woman to hijack a plane. In 1969, she showed her grenades to the terrified passengers by order of the Che Guevara commando unit of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Through the ensuing media bombardment, she put the Palestinian nation on the global map. The pretty 24-year-old Leila became a hero to many Palestinians, including the Swedish/Palestinian teenager Lina Makboul, who is now a filmmaker. At least Leila dared to do something, Lina thought at the time. She visits Leila 35 years later with a camera, and finds a woman who does not regret anything.
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Omar Sharif – Aus dem Leben eines Nomaden (2020)
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Several high-budget epic films became Omar Sharif (1932-2015) a film star. He was an actor, but also a bridge player, a womanizer, a bon vivant; he was a man full of contradictions, who enjoyed card games more than movies; he was an eternal nomad who spent half his life in a hotel.
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.
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Flickorna (1968)
Character: Self (archive footage)
As they tour Sweden in a theatrical production of "Lysistrata", performing to often uncomprehending audiences, three women find their own lives and marriages mirrored in Aristophanes’s play. Soon, onstage drama, offstage reality, and surrealist fantasies begin to collide.
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حليم (2006)
Character: N/A
The film displays the life of legendary singer(Abd Alhalim Hafez) in various stages. Depicting many sides of his artistic and personal life since his early childhood.
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العصفور (1972)
Character: Self - on TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.
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