"In 1973, Susan Sontag travelled to post-war Israel to film a documentary."11 July 1974Factual88 mins
PROMISED LANDS is famed writer and critic Susan Sontag’s sole documentary project, shot in Israel on the fly in the final days and immediate aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
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Promised Lands (1974)
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