Leila Khaled: Hijacker

2005

Lina Makboul

58 min.

Sweden/Jordan

(subtitled)

In 1969 Palestinian Khaled made history by becoming the first woman to hijack an airplane. This fascinating documentary is at once a portrait of Khaled, an exploration by the filmmaker of her own Palestinian identity, and a complicated examination of the nebulous dichotomy between "terrorist" and "freedom fighter."
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