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Under the Rubble

Type:
Documentary

Director:
Jean Khalil Chamoun and Mai Masri

Year:
1983

Time:
40 minutes

Language:
Arabic with English subtitles

 

WINNER: Special Jury Award—Valencia Film Festival

"A clear, penetrating, and uncompromising film."
—Montpellier Midi

 
Ordering Information
Available for online sale
Available for online sale
   

Filmmakers Jean Khalil Chamoun, from Lebanon, and Mai Masri, from Palestine, first met in 1982 and were married in 1986. They founded Nour Productions and have co-directed documentaries for international TV channels such as BBC, Channel 4, PBS, and Aljazeera Documentary Channel. For audiences around the world, the films of Mai Masri and Jean Chamoun have provided a glimpse into the everyday lives and struggles of people living in Palestine and Lebanon.

Under the Rubble is the filmmakers’ harrowing attempt to tell the real story behind the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon as it took place in Beirut—a traumatizing experience for the city and its people. This moving and informative documentary won the Special Jury Award at the Valencia Film Festival.

This film is available with a Digital Site License (DSL), which allows colleges, universities, or libraries to encode, locally host, and stream the film to their community on a closed, password-protected system.

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