The video portrays Lebanon’s national electricity building, shot on Super-8 and accompanied by droning noises reminiscent of experimental electronic sounds of the 1950s and 1960s. It presents an homage to a modernist project linked to the very construction of Lebanon’s modern state.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Lebanon
- Year
- 2012
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 21'
- Medium/Format
- DVD
