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My Father Looks for an Honest City

My Father Looks for an Honest City

Basim Magdy | Egypt | 2010 | 5' |

| IFFR 2015

Magdy’s father walks around an abandoned construction site with a flashlight in hand. A reenactment of Greek philosopher Diogenes of Sinope’s ‘philosophical stunt’, the seemingly futile yet necessary act brings together the personal and political in a simple gesture.

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