Resistance, Why (1971, Christian Ghazi)

Resistance, Why? is a recently salvaged documentary film by the radical documentarian Christian Ghazi that captures a crucial cross-section of the Palestinian resistance in Lebanon in 1970, including never before seen footage of Ghassan Kanafani. This gem of militant guerilla third cinema was considered to be lost to the ages. In 1988, militias raided the director’s home and burned all of his celluloid to stay warm during Lebanon’s Civil War. But recently, a copy of Resistance, Why? was found and restored by the Beirut group Nadi Lekol Nas in 2021.