The first clip of Annemarie Jacir’s “ Palestine 36 ” has been released as the film prepares for its world premiere at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival.

The historical epic from Jacir (“Salt of the Sea,” “When I Saw You,” “Wajib”) is set amid the rising tensions of Palestinian uprising against Britain’s decades-long dominion of the region.

The story follows a young man who gets caught up in political upheaval as tensions rise in Jerusalem and his village amid British crackdowns prompted by the arrival of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe. “History is relentless,” reads the synopsis, which adds that “all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.”

The film stars Hiam Abbas, Jeremy Irons, Karim

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