The Palestinian

The Palestinian is a 66-minute TV documentary from 1977. It was produced by and starred Vanessa Redgrave, and directed by Roy Battersby.[1]

Controversy
Main article: Vanessa Redgrave ยง Julia_(1977)

At 4:26 a.m. on June 15, 1978, a bomb exploded in front of the Doheny Plaza theatre in Los Angeles, where the film's scheduled opening later that evening was postponed a day.[1][2] A member of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) was later convicted for the incident.[3]

Earlier that year, Vanessa Redgrave had won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Julia. In her acceptance speech at the Oscars she made sharp comments about "Zionist hoodlums",[4] believed to be a reference to the JDL who were picketing the ceremony.[5]

References
  1. The Palestinian at IMDb
  2. Theater for Redgrave Film Bombed By Altean Harmetz, June 16, 1978, The New York Times
  3. "Backgrounder:The Jewish Defense League". -Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  4. "The 50th Academy Awards (1978)". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  5. Higginbotham, Adam (17 April 2012). "Vanessa Redgrave: 'Why do I work? I'm mortgaged up to the hilt'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 13 June 2016.


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