The Documentary Archive

Powerful stories that reveal, challenge and inspire.

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  • Fadia's Tree

    Movie

    While millions of birds migrate freely in the skies, a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, yearns for the ancestral homeland she is denied. She challenges Sarah, the Director, to find an ancient mulberry tree that stands as witness to her family’s existence — with only inherited memories, a blind man...

  • Q
    Movie

    Q

    Movie

    An intimate portrayal of a quest for love and acceptance at any cost, Q depicts the influence of a secretive matriarchal religious order on filmmaker Jude Chehab’s family and the unspoken ties and consequences of loyalty that have bonded her mother, grandmother, and herself to the mysterious orga...

  • Three Stories from Gaza

    Through the lens of Palestinian journalist Emad Badwan, THREE STORIES FROM GAZA chronicles the events that took place during the 2012 Gaza War, which saw the battered enclave persevere through an 8-day Israeli occupation.

    Director: Mohammed Khamis | 2012

  • Women in Struggle

    Formerly imprisoned by the occupation, four Palestinian women including Rasmea Odeh share their experiences in detention and discuss the lasting impact on their present lives and future outlooks.

    Director: Buthina Canaan Khoury | 2025

  • Mayor
    Movie + 1 extra

    Mayor

    Movie + 1 extra

    How do you run a city when your country is occupied? This documentary follows Musa Hadid, mayor of Ramallah, as he navigates municipal duties while striving for liberation.

    Director: David Osit | 2021

  • The Wanted 18
    Movie + 1 extra

    The Wanted 18

    Movie + 1 extra

    Animation and interviews retell a Palestinian dairy farm's darkly-comedic resistance in the First Intifada after its 18 cows were deemed a "security threat" by the occupation.

    Director(s): Amer Shomali, Paul Cowan | 2015

  • The Color of Olives
    Movie + 1 extra

    The Color of Olives

    Movie + 1 extra

    This pensive documentary chronicles the daily life of a Palestinian family whose home lies in the path of the apartheid wall, enduring electrified fences, barriers and segregation.

    Director: Carolina Rivas | 2024

  • Off Frame (aka Revolution Until Victory)

    Movie + 1 extra

    Using archival footage from Palestinian struggle cinema produced between 1968 and 1982, this film traces revolution and resistance, interlacing images of a dream for liberation.

    Director: Mohanad Yaqubi | 2015

  • Boycott
    Movie + 1 extra

    Boycott

    Movie + 1 extra

    When a news publisher, an attorney and a speech therapist in the United States face losing their jobs over anti-boycott laws, they launch a pivotal First Amendment legal battle.

    Director: Julia Bacha | 2021

  • My Neighborhood
    Movie + 1 extra

    My Neighborhood

    Movie + 1 extra

    This documentary follows a young Mohammed El Kurd in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood as his family faces settler attacks and protests erupt in their community.

    Director(s): Julia Bacha, Rebekah Wingert | 2017

  • Tragedy in the Holy Land

    A classic documentary that examines the Second Intifada and all that led to it.

  • Born in Gaza
    Movie + 1 extra

    Born in Gaza

    Movie + 1 extra

    This moving documentary examines the 2014 Israeli attack on Gaza by following the stories of ten Palestinian children amid the harrowing devastation.

    Director: Hernán Zin | 2024

  • American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein

    Movie + 1 extra

    Why has criticizing the occupation cost American academic Norman Finkelstein so much? This documentary explores criticism against him and themes of identity and freedom.

    Director(s): David Ridgen, Nicolas Rossie | 2010

  • The War Around Us
    Movie + 1 extra

    The War Around Us

    Movie + 1 extra

    Sent on assignment to cover the 2008 Gaza War, Ayman Mohyeldin and Sherine Tadros find themselves the only international journalists trapped in the strip as Israeli missiles rain down.

    Director: Abdallah Omeish | 2024

  • Tomorrow's Freedom
    Movie + 1 extra

    Tomorrow's Freedom

    Movie + 1 extra

    The story of Marwan Barghouthi, the Palestinian leader and political prisoner who has been called "Palestine's Nelson Mandela".

    Director(s): Georgia Scott, Sophia Scott | 2022

  • Gaza Fights for Freedom

    Movie + 1 extra

    Filmed during the height of the Great March of Return protests of 2018, this debut feature by Abby Martin and Palestinian journalists captures Gaza's history and ongoing struggle.

    Director: Abby Martin | 2024

  • Naila and the Uprising

    Movie + 1 extra

    Amidst the First Intifada, Naila, a Palestinian from Gaza, joins a clandestine network of women fighting for self-determination while navigating love, family and freedom.

    Director: Julia Bacha | 2017

  • The Occupation of the American Mind

    Movie + 1 extra

    Narrated by Roger Waters, this documentary examines how the Israeli and U.S. governments, alongside the pro-Israel lobby, shape American media in favor of the occupation.

    Director: Loretta Alper, Jeremy Earp | 2025

  • Ambulance

    In the scorching summer of 2014, as Israeli rockets bombard Gaza, a young man joins an ambulance crew to document their life-saving efforts amid the ongoing aggression.

    Director: Mohamed Jabaly | 2016

  • Lifting the Fog: Intrigue in the Middle East

    A 90s documentary about the region that still rings true today, featuring Edward Said and Noam Chomsky.

    Director: Allan Siegel | 1991

  • Eyes of Gaza
    Movie + 1 extra

    Eyes of Gaza

    Movie + 1 extra

    Three Palestinian journalists risk their lives to cover the genocide in Gaza.

    Director: Mahmoud Atassi | 2024

  • Children of Shatila
    Movie + 1 extra

    Children of Shatila

    Movie + 1 extra

    In Beirut's Shatila refugee camp, two streetwise kids document stories of loss and resilience 50 years after their grandparents' exile from Palestine.

    Director: Mai Masri | 1998

  • Frontiers of Dreams and Fears

    Movie + 1 extra

    Two Palestinian girls living in refugee camps, one in Beirut and the other in Bethlehem, plan a daring meet-up defying borders in this gripping documentary.

    Director:  Mai Masri | 2001

  • Budrus
    Movie + 1 extra

    Budrus

    Movie + 1 extra

    A Palestinian village in the West Bank comes together with allies to stand against the planned expansion of the Israeli apartheid wall.

    Director: Julia Bacha | 2010