33 Days
Thursday, January 29
8:00 PM, Lecture Hall 5
Mai Masri / 2006 / Lebanon/ 70 min
Speaker Therese Saliba to follow.
Filmed during the Israeli war on Lebanon in the summer of 2006, 33 Days chronicles the efforts of theatre director Sharif Abdunnur, graphic designer Sharif Bibi, journalist Fadia Baszzi and Mariam Al-Bassam, director of the news desk at New TV, as they try to provide emergency aid, report current news of the conflict and help Lebanese children process the violence and destruction they see around them on a daily basis. Masri’s film is full of compassion and humanity even as it records the horrible devastation of war. In this gripping documentary award winning filmmaker Mai Masri puts a face on the often-desensitized horrors of war taking us beyond the icy statistics and muted news stories into the fiery reality and courageous hearts of the survivors.
Therese Saliba is professor of middle east studies and third world feminism at Evergreen. Professor Saliba will speak about the 2006 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.