About a war / a film by Daniele Rugo & Abi Weaver ; a film produced by Iterations Film ; directed and produced by Daniele Rugo, Abi Weaver.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Rugo, Daniele, director, producer, editor of moving image work.

Weaver, Abi, director, producer.

Collective Eye Films, film distributor. .

Iterations Film, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Lebanon--History--Civil War, 1975-1990--Personal narratives.

Lebanon.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (83 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Portland, OR : Collective Eye Films, 2019.

Language Note:

In Arabic with occasional passages in English with English subtitles.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

The Lebanese Civil War saw 170,000 dead, 1 million displaced and 17,000 people still missing. During the conflict thousands of teenagers picked up arms to fight in a 15 years war that tore the nation apart. Moving through the testimonies of Assad, a right wing Christian intelligence officer; Ahed, a Palestinian refugee fighter and Nassim, a Communist commander, About a War unpicks the personal motivations, trauma and regret of militiamen who picked up arms during the civil war. With no official account of the conflict, their testimonies build a multi-perspective picture of a crucial turning point in Lebanese history that radically transformed the Middle East.

Participant:

Featuring: Nassim Assaad, Ahed Bhar, Assad Chaftari.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed September 13, 2021).

OCLC:

1274234842

Publisher Number:

ASP5127047/marc