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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf https://researchdata.bbk.ac.uk/id/document/1883 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf https://researchdata.bbk.ac.uk/id/document/1883 http://eprints.org/relation/issmallThumbnailVersionOf https://researchdata.bbk.ac.uk/id/document/1883 archive 152 disk0/00/00/02/84 2026-08-19 09:58:05 2026-08-19 09:58:05 2026-08-19 09:58:05 data_collection show Temple Michael Birkbeck Barrington Matthew Birkbeck http://www.loc.gov/loc.terms/relators/CLB McCabe Janet 0000-0002-2916-9876 http://www.loc.gov/loc.terms/relators/CLB Yapp Emma 0000-0002-2646-6066 [EFF17S16] Session 16: Screenings and discussion with filmmaker Jocelyne Saab CACC mcs public 1 April 2017, 13:00, Birkbeck Cinema Filmmaker Jocelyne Saab discusses her “Beirut trilogy” in conversation with Tim Markham, Birkbeck, and Stefanie Van de Peer, University of Exeter. Films: Beirut Nevermore [Beyrouth, jamais plus], Jocelyne Saab, Lebanon, 1976, digital, 36 minutes, English-language version The film is an elegy for the city of Beirut and was shot during a period when the war hostilities had ceased momentarily, and people were attempting to reconstruct their lives amongst the rubble and destruction of war. Shot over six months, the first half of the film shows us images of a destroyed city, of empty streets, bombarded buildings, random objects, of children playing, accompanied by a voiceover written by poet and artist Etel Adnan, telling us how they “the unusual has destroyed the order of things”. People relate their experiences of desolation and the suffering from the battles. This city portrait is Saab’s first attempt to articulate in personal terms her experience of the war and to rework in essayistic form her previous filmic and journalistic coverage of the history of her country and its conflicts. The essay film is infused with the uncertainty and violence caused by the destruction of a place she had known and that she felt was lost forever. Letter from Beirut [Lettre de Beyrouth], Jocelyne Saab, Lebanon, 1978, digital, 48 minutes, English-language version This highly personal and original film is an attempt by the filmmaker to come to terms with her experience of war and current events in Lebanon. Saab is like a character in her own story, returning to a country and a city that she no longer recognises. The film works through subtle transitions between fiction and documentary, and a series of letters with a text written by Etel Adnan, whose novel Sitt Marie Rose, published one year earlier in 1977, Saab considered to be the best novel about the Lebanese conflict. While traveling around Beirut and to South Lebanon, the filmmaker muses about the country, its politics, censorship, listening to people who speak openly about their lives and what they hope for the future. The film was described as a panorama of Lebanese society and its problems, revisiting the history of Lebanon and the wages of occupation, while showing people’s everyday life during a time of conflict. Beirut, My City [Beyrouth, ma ville], Jocelyne Saab, Lebanon 1982, digital, 33 minutes, French with English subtitles Shot seven years into the war in July 1982 while Beirut was under siege by the Israeli army, the film is another heartfelt tribute to an almost deserted city reduced to rubble after years of conflict. Saab, acting like a reporter of her own history, tells us about the destruction of her house, a 150-year-old building. The film is haunted by the history and memory of places and names and by the stark reality and unbearable violence of the war. The voice over of the film was written by Roger Assaf, a playwright, director and actor, whose work has been profoundly marked by the collective experience of war. With special thanks to Jocelyne Saab, Miriam Heard, and Nicole Brenez. Following this event there was a book launch for Negotiating Dissidence: The Pioneering Women of Arab Documentary by Stefanie Van de Peer: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-negotiating-dissidence.htmlhttps://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-negotiating-dissidence.html 2023-07-19 Birkbeck College, University of London Essay Film Festival yes 2036-08-19 bimi metadata_and_data_files yes student The Essay Film Festival ran between 2015 and 2023, and presented a global range of contemporary and restored essayistic works. The events are now archived here for research purposes. All film stills were provided by participating artists. 2017-04-01 2017-04-01