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    Beirut My City

    Jocelyne SAAB 1982 Lebanon Documentary color 37min DCP
    Beirut My City returns SAAB and her collaborator Roger ASSAF, to the shell of her former home following Isra-el’s 1982 invasion, finding small glimmers of hope in the chaos of wartime.

    ◎This film is the third from The Beirut Trilogy, screening with the first and the second

    Director

    Jocelyne SAAB

    A pioneer of Lebanese documentary filmmaking, Jocelyne SAAB’s Beirut Trilogy is celebrated for its lyrical, poetic, and personal style, establishing her as a significant figure in essay films. Her works have been featured in the Master in Focus program in the 2019 Women Make Waves IFF, Taiwan.

    Jocelyne SAAB

    2016 One Dollar a Day 

    2009 What's Going On? 

    2006 Dunia 

    1997 The Lady of Saigon 

    1995 Kanya Ya Ma Kan, Beyrouth

    1994 Once Upon a Time in Beirut

    1985 Adolescente, sucre d'amour

    1985 A Suspended Life 

    1982 My City

    1978 Letter from Beirut

    1978 Egypt City of the Dead

    1976 Beirut Is No Longer Never

    1976 For a Bit of Life

    1976 South Lebanon: The Story of a Village Under Siege

    1976 Children of War

    1976 Beirut, Never Again 

    1975 A Personal Drawing of a French Mercenary

    1975 Lebanon in Turmoil

    1974 Palestinian Women

    Director: Jocelyne Saab & Roger Assaf
    Narration: Roger Assaf
    Cinematography: Hassan Naamani
    Editing: Philippe Gosselet

    Jocelyne Saab Association
    amicale.jocelynesaab@gmail.com

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