The film documents the late 19thcentury birth of Zionism and its repercussions for Palestinians Brings together rarelyseen footage of Palestine before 1948 juxtaposed with original source documents eyewitness accounts stunning choreography moving testimonials and interviews with historians This awardwinning film shows that the expulsion of the indigenous Arab population from Palestine was far from an accidental result of the 1948 war shining a spotlight on the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by the Zionist movement