Akram Zaatari Movies

  • 2017
    On Photography, Dispossession and Times of Struggle

    On Photography, Dispossession and Times of Struggle

    On Photography, Dispossession and Times of Struggle

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    Taking the idea of loss and dispossession as a starting point, this film is a reflection on photography and its people. It looks at the position of...

    On Photography, Dispossession and Times of Struggle
  • 2003
    This Day

    This Day

    This Day

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    Unravels a dual journey – extroverted in place, introverted in memory. Beginning with a photograph taken in the 1950s by historian Jibrail...

    This Day
  • 2015
    Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem

    Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem

    Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem

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    Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem explores the work of photographer Hashem el Madani, who has run a commercial photography studio in southern Lebanon...

    Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem
  • 1995
    Reflection

    Reflection

    Reflection

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    An eleven-minute film by Akram Zaatari from 1995. Memories and images of childhood are reflected both on the screen and in the small mirror that a...

    Reflection
  • 1995
    Gift

    Gift

    Gift

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    GIFT discusses the idea of public space : on a public beach, right across from a residential block, a young boy begs the filmmaker to let him join...

    Gift
  • 2000
    Red Chewing Gum

    Red Chewing Gum

    Red Chewing Gum

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    RED CHEWING GUM recounts a story of separation between two men. It is a video letter that is set in the context of the changing Hamra, a formerly...

    Red Chewing Gum
  • 2004
    In This House

    In This House

    In This House

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    A documentary crew digs up a letter from a Lebanese socialist resistance fighter.

    In This House