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  Film-Essai on the Euphrates Dam
(Film-Muhawalah ‘An Sadd al-Furat) by Omar Amiralay (Syria, 12 minutes, B&W, 1970, DigiBETA PAL and DV-Cam NTSC)

Synopsis
This first film by the veteran documentary filmmaker Omar Amiralay follows the construction of a dam on the Euphrates river that is supposed to bring tremendous improvement in the lives of villages around it. Thirty years later, the filmmaker will revisit the site in Flood in Baath Country, and the enthusiasm once generated by the Baath. The original print has been restored and digitized very recently, and subtitled in English especially for this program.

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Omar Amiralay
Email:ramad@scs-net.org


 

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