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A Sketch of Manners (Alfred Roch's Last Masquerade)

2013 · 12 min

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Alfred Roch, member of the Palestinian National League, is a politician with a bohemian panache. In 1942, at the height of WWII, he throws what will turn out to be the last masquerade in Palestine. Inspired by an archival photograph, A Sketch of Manners (Alfred Roch’s Last Masquerade) recreates an unconventional bon vivant aspect of Palestinian urban life before 1948. Posing silently for a group photo, the unmasked and melancholic pierrots accidentally personify the premonition of an uncertain future.

Crew

  • Director Jumana Manna
  • Writer Norman M. Klein
  • Writer Jumana Manna
  • Director of Photography Daniel Kedem
  • Director of Photography Jumana Manna

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