Nasser's republic : the making of modern Egypt / produced and directed by Michal Goldman.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Goldman, Michal, film director, film producer.

Abbass, Hiam, narrator.

Naga, Khaled Abol, voice actor.

Jay, Miles, composer (expression).

Icarus Films, publisher.

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 1918-1970.

Nasser, Gamal Abdel.

Egypt--History--1952-1970.

Egypt.

History.

Egypt--Politics and government--1952-1970.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Feature films -- United States.

Feature films -- Egypt.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 56 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, NY] : Icarus Films, [2016]

Language Note:

English narration, Arabic with English subtitles. Includes optional English closed captions.

System Details:

digital

NJVID video file MPEG-4

Summary:

'Nasser's Republic: The Making of Modern Egypt is the first film for an American audience about Gamal Abdel Nasser, one of the Arab world's most transformative leaders. In 1952, as a unknown young Egyptian colonel, Nasser led a coup that became a revolution. Over the next 18 years he challenged Western hegemony abroad, confronted Islamism at home, and faced deep divisions among the Arabs, emerging as a titanic figure, champion of Arab progress and African liberation. But what he could not offer was democracy; instead, he established the region's first and much emulated military authoritarian regime. A man of enormous charisma and ambition, Nasser became caught in the coils of his own power, dying at 52 with many dreams unrealized. The Arab Spring and its aftermath are his legacy. Fifteen years after completing her film Umm Kulthum, A Voice Like Egypt, director Michal Goldman returned to a very different Egypt to begin work on Nasser's Republic, filmed between 2011 and 2015. During this period of turmoil, Egyptians argued passionately about their history as a way to see what course to follow in the future. It is their voices-peasants and professors, secularists and Islamists-that drive this film."--Distributor's abstract.

Participant:

Narration, Hiam Abbass.

Nasser voice-over, Khaled Abol Naga.

Credits:

Director of photography, Kamal Abdel Aziz ; editors, Peter Rhodes, Myra Boutros ; original music, Miles Jay.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced in 2016.

OCLC:

960449287

Publisher Number:

if-nas Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.