In 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon and occupied its capital, Beirut. The film is a rare example of a PLO film made after the PLO’s departure from Beirut. It documents the burned and destroyed cultural and educational centers from which Israelis stole films, photographs, and historical and contemporary manuscripts. It includes interviews with key members of the Palestinian cultural scene such as Mahmoud Darwish and Ismail Shammout and those in charge of cultural and educational centers that were destroyed.

In 1986, Edward Said and Salman Rushdie sat down to talk at the ICA. Professor Said launched his book “After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives” at the ICA and discussed his and the collective Palestinian identity, exile, return and the right to return.