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In Jordan’s pick for the Oscars, a contradictory message about ethnonationalism

JL;DR SUMMARY "All That's Left of You," Jordan's Oscar entry directed by Cherien Dabis, examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a testament of generational trauma. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israeli Palestinian ConflictZionismFirst IntifadaPalestinian NationalismEthnic TensionsGenerational TraumaMiddle East PoliticsEthnonationalismAcademy AwardsCherien Dabis

Places mentioned

Jordan
"but All Thats Left of You, Jordans entry for the Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards, makes the claim that the real beginning was far earlier."
West Bank, Jenin, Palestinian Territories
"opens in 1988 with a confrontation between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in a refugee camp in the West Bank"
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"points to an Israeli being stabbed to death in Gaza in December 1987"
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Towards the end of the film, we see an older Hanan in 2022 in a cafe in Tel Aviv Jaffa."
Israel
"Zionist paramilitary unit descends on Jaffa."

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