Upstate Films Hosts: Three Films by Omar Amiralay
What: Three Films by Omar Amiralay
Who: Presented by CHRA @ Bard
When: Thursday, March 17
Where: Starr Cinema / Rhinebeck
Details: Imaging Land, Labor, and Infrastructure: Omar Amiralay (Syria)
Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam (1970), 13 min
Chickens (1974), 41 min
A Flood in Ba‘ath Country (2003), 49 min
Post-screening discussion with Nadine Fattaleh (Center for Human Rights and the Arts, Bard College)
Omar Amiralay, Syria’s most prolific documentary filmmaker, produced scores of oppositional films exploring the realities of life under a single authoritarian regime, many of which were subject to censorship. Omar passed away prematurely in Damascus right before the onset of the Syrian revolution in 2011, leaving us wondering what he may have seen and recorded of the insurrection if it weren’t for his untimely death.
FREE / reservations strongly recommended.
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