The West-German director Monica Maurer made a number of important films for the PLO. The Israeli airstrikes against Beirut on 17 July 1981 killed 350 people, including a pregnant woman whose baby could be rescued from her torn-up womb. Maurer shows the people’s suffering and pain, their victimhood. She addresses the systemic causes of violence, referring back to the history of their country and formulating arguments for the necessity of a fight for liberation.
Monica Maurer
Director
The Cheshire Murders65%
Directed by John Ford70%
The Class of ‘9271%
Public Speaking70%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
The Captains63%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Report61%
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button69%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
Katy Perry: Part of Me71%
For Sama82%
Maternal Instinct71%
180° South72%
Being James Bond77%
