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    Beirut, Never Again

    Jocelyne SAAB 1976 Lebanon color 35min DCP
    With a poetic voiceover written by the Lebanese writer and painter Etel ADNAN, this film would become the first entry in SAAB's "Beirut trilogy." Filmed at dawn when the cannons were silent, the film documents the devastation suffered by her beloved city, then the residue of daily activities, suddenly surreal in this nightmarish landscape. The visual power developed here developed brings cinema back to its essence: its descriptive energy.

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

    Text: Etel Adnan

    Jocelyne Saab Association
    amicale.jocelynesaab@gmail.com

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