We will live to see these things, or, five pictures of what may come to pass.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Meltzer, Julia.

Thorne, David.

Farah, Rami.

Kubick, Chris, 1970-

Arab Film Distribution.

Language:

Arabic

Armenian

English

Subjects (All):

Syria--Social conditions--1971-.

Syria.

Syria--Politics and government--2000-2024.

Politics and government.

Social conditions.

Genre:

Feature films.

Nonfiction films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (47 minutes)) : sound, color with black and white sequences

Place of Publication:

[Seattle, Wash.] : [Arab Film Distribution], 2007.

Language Note:

In Arabic and Armenian, with English subtitles.

System Details:

digital

Summary:

We will live to see these things: "Each section of the piece -- the chronicle of a building in downtown Damascus; documentation of an equestrian event; an interview with a dissident intellectual; a portrait of children learning the Qurʼan; the recitation of a vision beheld by a U.S. policymaker -- offers a different perspective on what might come to pass in a place where people live between the forces of a repressive regime, a growing conservative Islamic presence and shifting pressures from the USA"--Container.

A documentary video in five parts presenting competing visions of an uncertain future, We Will Live to See These Things was shot in 2005 and 2006 in Damascus, Syria. Each section of the piece—the chronicle of a building in downtown Damascus; documentation of an equestrian event; an interview with a dissident intellectual; a portrait of children learning the Qur’an; the recitation of a vision beheld by a U.S. policymaker—offers a different perspective on what might come to pass in a place where people live between the forces of a repressive regime, a growing conservative Islamic presence and shifting pressures from the USA.

Contents:

We will live to see these things, or, five pictures of what may come to pass(c2007, in Arabic and Armenian, color with b & w sequences, 47 minutes) / produced by Julia Meltzer ; directed by Julia Meltzer + David Thorne ; written by David Thorne ; edited by Catherine Hollander ; music and sound design by Chris Kubick ; camera, Raed Sandeed, Julia Meltzer ; a project of The Speculative Archive

Not a matter of if, but when : brief records of a time in which expectations were repeatedly raised and lowered and people grew exhausted from never knowing if the moment was at hand or was still to come (c2006, in Arabic, col., 17 minutes) / produced and directed by Julia Meltzer and David Thorne ; camera, Raed Sandeed ; The Speculative Archive.

Participant:

Voices, Hratch Ajemian, Maro Ajemian, Husain Aljamal.

Credits:

Editor, Catherine Hollander ; music, Chris Kubick ; camera, Raed Sandeed.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on May 23, 2023).

Contains:

Not a matter of if, but when : brief records of a time in which expectations were repeatedly raised and lowered and people grew exhausted from never knowing if the moment was at hand or was still to come.

OCLC:

877865807

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.