In her directorial debut, Mary Jirmanus Saba deals with a forgotten revolution, saving from oblivion bloodily suppressed strikes at Lebanese tobacco and Gandour chocolate factories. These events from the 1970s, which held the promise of a popular revolution, and with it women’s emancipation, were erased from collective memory by the country’s civil wars. Rich in archival footage from Lebanon’s militant cinema tradition, the film reconstructs the spirit of that revolt, asking of the past how we might transform the present.
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FIPRESCRI Critics Prize, Berlinale Forum 2017.
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FIPRESCRI Critics Prize, Berlinale Forum 2017.
Essay Film | 2017
HD Video, 16mm, 8mm | 5.1 and Stero Sound | 93 minutes
Tricontinental Media Productions
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