Leila Khaled: Hijacker
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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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Cast
17 people
Leila Khaled
Self
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Jamila's Mirror
Uri Bar Lev
Self
Robert Danielsson
Lina Makboul
Self
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Marcos Hellberg
Margareta Johnson
Self - Air Hostess TWA Flight 840
Shadia Abu Ghazali
Shadia Abu Ghazali
Tussilago
Robert Schaller
Self - Passenger TWA Flight 840
Harry Oakley
Self - Co-Pilot TWA Flight 840
Moshe Dayan
Self (archive footage)
Golda Meir
Self (archive footage)
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Lina Makboul Director · Jallo Faber Cinematographer Åke Wehrling Cinematographer
Budget $145K · First release November 30, 2005 · Produced in Sweden
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$145,000
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Tussilago
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SVT
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NPS
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Sweden
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · Swedish
Release dates
Netherlands · November 30, 2005
Premiere · IDFA
No release date listed for United States.
France
October 28, 2006 · Premiere · Paris Cineffable Film Festival
Greece
March 12, 2006 · Premiere · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Poland
December 7, 2007 · Premiere · International Film Festival Watch Docs. Human Rights in Film. Warsaw
Sweden
January 28, 2006 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
March 9, 2006 · TV · SVT1, https://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/003070162
May 10, 2007 · Physical · DVD
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