Wednesday July 29, 2009 at 8pm
Entrance: 3 000 LL |
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  About the event |
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Within the framework of the exhibition “Earth of Endless Secrets”, Beirut Art Center has programed screenings of Akram Zaatari’s video work.
All Is Well on the Border (Al-Shareet Bikhayr)
1997. 43’. Arabic, subtitled in English
Three staged testimonies shed light on the experiences of Lebanese prisoners held in Israeli detention centers during the occupation of South Lebanon. Notions such as heroism and suffering are explored amid a dissection of the codes of representation and ideological indoctrination during times on conflict in this tribute to Jean-Luc Godard’s Ici et ailleurs.
In This House (Fi Hazal Bayt)
2005. 30’. Arabic & English, subtitled in English
A journalist and former resistance fighter tells the story of a letter he buried in a garden behind an occupied house in South Lebanon years ago. The filmmaker endeavors to find it, but in doing so he provokes the ire and anxiety of the house’s residents, neighbors and nearby intelligence officials. Yet the search yields joyfully unexpected results.
The synopsises are written by Kaelen Wilson-Goldie
The screening will be followed by Q&A session with Akram Zaatari. |
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