Marking the one-year anniversary of the devastating Beirut blast, this program of films and videos from Lebanese artists and filmmakers conveys their direct experience assimilating the overwhelming experience of loss and trauma. Two of the works are a response to the Beirut blast, which shook the city on August 4, 2020, while the other two were created as a response to the 2006 Lebanon war with Israel. From the political and performative to the poetic, these subjective works emerged from the rubble of a collapsed present.
Featuring works by Charbel Samuel Aoun, Ali Cherri, Carol Mansour, Wael Noureddine
Warning
Some of the films in this program contain graphic and violent content that may be distressing to some viewers.
Viewer discretion is advised.
Shattered: Beirut 6:07 synopsis: Two months after the massive explosion that devastated Beirut, the inhabitants of the city are still reeling from the force of the blast and the accumulated evil they have been subjected to for decades. Carol Mansour explored her city in the aftermath of the blast, talking to friends and exchanging reflections on what has happened and its implications on them, in candid unscripted voice note messages. Feelings of helplessness, frustration and overwhelming anger at the political class, permeate this short film as we are taken on a tour of the destruction of homes, livelihoods and lives.
Bio:
Carol Mansour is an independent documentary filmmaker. She founded Forward Film Production in 2000. With over 30 years in documentary production, Mansour has covered the world from Sri Lanka to Lebanon to Uzbekistan, receiving international recognition and honor for her films, which reflect her concern for human rights and social justice. Her films tackle issues of forced displacement and refugee rights, migrant workers, mental health, war and memory, child labor, and women’s rights.
Carol’s films have won numerous prestigious awards with over one hundred film festival screenings and official selections worldwide.
Carol is Lebanese/ Canadian of Palestinian origin.
- Year2020
- Runtime17 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryLebanon
- DirectorCarol Mansour
Marking the one-year anniversary of the devastating Beirut blast, this program of films and videos from Lebanese artists and filmmakers conveys their direct experience assimilating the overwhelming experience of loss and trauma. Two of the works are a response to the Beirut blast, which shook the city on August 4, 2020, while the other two were created as a response to the 2006 Lebanon war with Israel. From the political and performative to the poetic, these subjective works emerged from the rubble of a collapsed present.
Featuring works by Charbel Samuel Aoun, Ali Cherri, Carol Mansour, Wael Noureddine
Warning
Some of the films in this program contain graphic and violent content that may be distressing to some viewers.
Viewer discretion is advised.
Shattered: Beirut 6:07 synopsis: Two months after the massive explosion that devastated Beirut, the inhabitants of the city are still reeling from the force of the blast and the accumulated evil they have been subjected to for decades. Carol Mansour explored her city in the aftermath of the blast, talking to friends and exchanging reflections on what has happened and its implications on them, in candid unscripted voice note messages. Feelings of helplessness, frustration and overwhelming anger at the political class, permeate this short film as we are taken on a tour of the destruction of homes, livelihoods and lives.
Bio:
Carol Mansour is an independent documentary filmmaker. She founded Forward Film Production in 2000. With over 30 years in documentary production, Mansour has covered the world from Sri Lanka to Lebanon to Uzbekistan, receiving international recognition and honor for her films, which reflect her concern for human rights and social justice. Her films tackle issues of forced displacement and refugee rights, migrant workers, mental health, war and memory, child labor, and women’s rights.
Carol’s films have won numerous prestigious awards with over one hundred film festival screenings and official selections worldwide.
Carol is Lebanese/ Canadian of Palestinian origin.
- Year2020
- Runtime17 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryLebanon
- DirectorCarol Mansour