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Release Date:
June 1, 2023
Original Title:
In the Shadow of Beirut
Alternate Titles:
Im Schatten von Beirut - Hoffen auf ein Wunder
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
ARTE
Abbout Productions
Beetz Brothers Film Production
Cyprus Avenue Films
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
HiddenLight Productions
Real Films
Rialtas na hÉireann (Government of Ireland)
ZDF
Production Countries:
Germany | Ireland | Lebanon | United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 92
The Sabra and Shatila quarters are part of the Lebanese capital Beirut, which was rocked by a violent explosion in 2020, plunging Lebanon into the worst economic crisis in its history. In the poor districts, once provisionally built for Palestinian refugees, the residents live at a subsistence level without papers, without civil rights, without prospects. The documentary weaves the stories of the three families Kujeyje, Daher, Abeed and that of the young father Aboodi Ziani into a searing portrait of life in a city on the brink. The filmmakers accompanied their protagonists over a four-year period between 2018 and 2022 and show how the poorest of the poor firsthand felt the consequences of the gigantic port explosion, Lebanon's historic economic crisis, the corona pandemic and the ever-growing refugee quota. But unmistakable qualities like resilience and hope allow them to survive.
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Associate Producer:
Caroline Schaper
Commissioning Editor:
Martin Pieper
Director:
Garry Keane
Stephen Gerard Kelly
Director of Photography:
Stephen Gerard Kelly
Drone Cinematographer:
Christian Atalah
Editor:
Iseult Howlett
Executive Producer:
Hillary Clinton
Chelsea Clinton
Siobhan Sinnerton
Johnny Webb
Celine Haddad
Line Producer:
Kathrin Isberner
Original Music Composer:
David Holmes
Tim Harries
Producer:
Brendan J. Byrne
Myriam Sassine
Alison Toomey
Christian Beetz
Sound:
Garry Keane
Stephen Gerard Kelly
Sound Designer:
Peter Blaney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Michelle Cunniffe
Johannes Wronka
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