The War of 33: Letters from Beirut

The War of 33: Letters from Beirut

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 27, 2008

Runtime

0h 35m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

The War of 33: Letters from Beirut

Production Companies

PM Press, Big Noise

Director

Rick Rowley

Description

The War of 33 is an intimate, personal and powerful telling of the story of the 2006 war in Lebanon. A series of letters written by Hanady Salman--a mother living through the war in Beirut--carve a narrative arc through the intense and haunting images of conflict. She tells the stories of her family and the people she lives the war with--the refugees, the wounded, and the everyday Lebanese, struggling to maintain their sanity and their humanity during a time of war.