Akram Zaatari Movies

  • 2013
    Letter to a Refusing Pilot

    Letter to a Refusing Pilot

    Letter to a Refusing Pilot

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    Lebanese artist-filmmaker Zaatari conducts both an investigation and a stirring tribute to an act of resistance (or forbearance) that marked his...

    Letter to a Refusing Pilot
  • 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
  • 2010
    Tomorrow Everything Will Be Alright

    Tomorrow Everything Will Be Alright

    Tomorrow Everything Will Be Alright

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    A late night online chat between two men who haven't met since the turn of the millennium leads to their reunion after ten years of separation. The...

    Tomorrow Everything Will Be Alright
  • 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
  • 1997
    All is Well on the Border

    All is Well on the Border

    All is Well on the Border

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    One of Zaatari’s earliest experiments in documentary video, All Is Well on the Border emerged from the filmmaker’s desire to understand...

    All is Well on the Border
  • 1970
    Portrait de Famille

    Portrait de Famille

    Portrait de Famille

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    In the courtyard of an old house in Saida, a woman is rehearsing a scene from a movie. She introduces her family, and the camera records both...

    Portrait de Famille
  • 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
  • 2010
    On Photography, People and Modern Times

    On Photography, People and Modern Times

    On Photography, People and Modern Times

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    On Photography, People and Modern Times is a two-channel video installation that tracks photographic records that Akram Zaatari researched and...

    On Photography, People and Modern Times