Palestine & Generational Trauma: CHERIEN DABIS on Directing All That's Left of You - Highlights

About this episode

Cherien Dabis discusses her film 'All That's Left of You' and the themes of generational trauma and Palestinian resilience.

Two weeks away from filming her most ambitious film to date, Cherien Dabis and her crew were forced to evacuate Palestine as the devastating events of October 2023 began. Instead of abandoning the project, they adapted, filming across Cyprus, Jordan, and Greece, creating a cinematic love letter to the resilience, joy, and humanity of the Palestinian people. My guest today is Cherien Dabis . She’s a filmmaker and actress who has spent much of her career trying to fill the silences in the American narrative. In 2022, she became the first Palestinian to receive an Emmy nomination. She has worked on everything from The L Word to Ozark, Only Murders in the Building to the hit Netflix series Mo , always with an eye toward breaking the one-dimensional mold that has historically defined Arab representation in the West. But her latest project is perhaps her most ambitious yet. It’s a film called All That’s Left of You . It follows one Palestinian family across three generations, beginning in 1948 and ending in 2022. It is a story of exile and memory, and it’s Jordan’s official submission for this year’s Academy Awards. (0:00) The Inheritance of Trauma Cherien Dabis discusses how…

People in this episode

Guest: Cherien Dabis

Topics covered

• generational trauma
• Palestinian resilience
• filmmaking
• identity
• exile
• memory

Keywords

• Cherien Dabis
• All That's Left of You
• Palestine
• generational trauma
• filmmaking
• resilience
• identity
• exile
• Academy Awards

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: All That's Left of You

Places: Palestine, Cyprus, Jordan, Greece

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