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    Letter from Beirut

    Jocelyne SAAB 1978 Lebanon Documentary color 48min DCP
    Letter from Beirut, sent to friends abroad, also reports on the destruction of South Lebanon, refugee camps, armed forces of occupation. Dreamlike, melancholy, and cautiously hopeful, this epistolary film finds SAAB returning to a Beirut that has irrevocably changed.

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

    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
    Narration: Etel Adnan & Jocelyne Saab
    Cinematography: Olivier Guenneau

    Jocelyne Saab Association
    amicale.jocelynesaab@gmail.com

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