Wedding in Galilee

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“When I was young, I had hair flowing down my back, I used to ride thoroughbreds and do the sabre dance… I was an impenetrable fortress,” a Palestinian woman tells her young grandson, in a scene from Wedding in Galilee. “My grandmother is a fortress,” he whispers with wonder. It’s a scene that hints at the interplay of gender and generations lying at the heart of Michel Khleifi’s sumptuous, 1987 film.

Made at a time when there were virtually no films portraying Palestinian life,…