Directed by
Jill Daniels
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Runtime
15:00
Category
An autobiographical documentary filmed on a smartphone in London at the start of the Israeli state’s murderous attack on Gaza, three Jewish women of European heritage – Ruth, Gail and me, all born in 1948, the same year as the Israeli state – discuss the (fairy) stories of empty deserts and false dreams of Jewish salvation we heard about Israel growing up. 1948 What We Knew paints a compelling portrait of contested Jewish identity.
Director Biography – Jill Daniels
Born in Manchester, in the UK, Jill Daniels is a renowned British independent filmmaker and writer. Her innovative documentary essay films explore memory, history, place, Jewish identity and autobiography. She has won many international awards for her films, including best experimental film award for My Private Life II a film about sexual identity in her family, at the Ann Arbor Experimental Film Festival in the USA. Her feature film Resisters explores the rise of nationalism and the fight against it by the Grandmothers Against the Right in Berlin. Her short film Breathing Still that led to the production of Resisters, won the best documentary award at the Small Axe Radical Short Film Festival in 2019. Her website is www.jilldanielsfilms.com