Beautiful Beirut / produced by Torben Smidt Hansen and Directed by Georg Larsen.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Hansen, Torben Smidt., Producer.

Larsen, Georg., Director.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture--Lebanon.

Culture.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (58 min.).

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen, Denmark : Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 2007.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

To Westerners, Beirut immediately brings to mind stereotypical images of shattered walls, veils and Kalashnikov rifles. But the film Beautiful Beirut depicts a much more varied Lebanon, seen through the eyes of two young, modern, Lebanese women. Through these two young women, the film draws a different portrait of Lebanon and Beirut than those usually presented in news stories about fighting, civil war and the activities of the Hizbollah movement. Beautiful Beirut depicts a country and a city that, despite being marked by years of civil unrest and the recent war with Israel, also represents a modern and complex melting pot of Western and Middle Eastern, modernity and traditionalism, with 18 different religious persuasions, a vibrant cultural scene, technological know-how and plenty of fashion stores and expensive cars.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 16, 2013).

OCLC:

867541619