Promised Lands 50 years old

In 1973, Susan Sontag travelled to post-war Israel to film a documentary.

Susan Sontag scrutinizes the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict and the growing divisions within Jewish thought over the question of Palestinian sovereignty. Shot in Israel during the final days of the Yom Kippur War. Promised Lands is less straight documentary than visual collage. There are images of combat zones and soldiers, but also everyday street life, desert landscapes, funerals, supermarkets, the Wailing Wall. The soundtrack is snatches of radio, bursts of church bells and gunfire, and an extended voiceover from two politically opposed Israeli thinkers.

Credits

Promised Lands Cast

Name	Character
Susan Sontag She was 40, 71 years old when she died

Promised Lands Crew

Name	Department
Susan Sontag as Director. She was 40 (71) years old when She died	Directing
Susan Sontag as Writer. She was 40 (71) years old when She died	Writing