Tripoli : a tale of three cities.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Rafei, Raed, director.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marginality, Social--Lebanon--Tripoli.

Marginality, Social.

Tripoli (Lebanon)--Social conditions--21st century.

Tripoli (Lebanon).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (01:27:17)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Good Docs, 2024.

Language Note:

Closed-captions in English.

Summary:

While living abroad, a filmmaker returns to Tripoli, Lebanon to confront a hometown that once rejected him as a queer child. With a microphone in hand, he walks around coffee shops, public squares, and a park to ask the city's inhabitants about their cultural and social beliefs and their embrace of new ideas. Gradually, he meets a group of marginalized individuals whose eccentric life choices contradict the general lifestyle in this religiously and socially conservative city. Through intimate conversations with a communist activist, a queer music producer, and other unconventional characters, Tripoli / A Tale of Three Cities explores the complicated relations one forms with a hometown in crisis. This contemplative urban symphony paints a picture of a city trapped in a self-spun web, paralyzed by a deep economic crisis, a faltering revolution, and a looming doomsday.

Participant:

Director, Raed Rafei.

Notes:

Description based on XML content.

ISBN:

1-03-625093-8

9781036250935

OCLC:

1584443388

Publisher Number:

302650