Leila Khaled: Hijacker
2005, English. Directed by Lina Makboul.
Leila Khaled was the first woman to hijack a plane. In 1969, she showed her grenades to the terrified passengers by order of the Che Guevara commando unit of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Through the ensuing media bombardment, she put the Palestinian nation on the global map. The pretty 24-year-old Leila became a hero to many Palestinians, including the Swedish/Palestinian teenager Lina Makboul, who is now a filmmaker. At least Leila dared to do something, Lina thought at the time. She visits Leila 35 years later with a camera, and finds a woman who does not regret anything.
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- 0h 58m
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- English
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Cast & crew
- Lina MakboulDirector
- Leila KhaledSelf
- Uri Bar LevSelf
- Lina MakboulSelf
- Margareta JohnsonSelf - Air Hostess TWA Flight 840
- Robert SchallerSelf - Passenger TWA Flight 840
- Harry OakleySelf - Co-Pilot TWA Flight 840
- Moshe DayanSelf (archive footage)
- Golda MeirSelf (archive footage)
- Shimon PeresSelf (archive footage)
- Gamal Abdel NasserSelf (archive footage)
- Yizhak RabinSelf (archive footage)
- David Ben-GurionSelf (archive footage)
Details
- Released
- 30 November 2005
- Country
- Sweden
- Written by
- Lina Makboul
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Who directed Leila Khaled: Hijacker?
Leila Khaled: Hijacker (2005) was directed by Lina Makboul and stars Leila Khaled, Uri Bar Lev, Lina Makboul.