Origin: Lebanon | Documentary | Director: George Azar - Mariam Shahin | 48 minutes

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Beirut Photographer

by Mariam Shahin and George Azar, docu, 2012

In 1981, George Azar, a Lebanese-American, crossed the Syrian border into Lebanon. He carried an inexpensive camera, less than $100, and a desire to change the way the Arab world was portrayed by the US media. He began taking photographs. But within a few months, Israel attacked Lebanon, and
war broke out.

Suddenly immersed in a world of gunfire and terror in an unfamiliar city, George chronicled the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) guerillas, teenage snipers, and civilians living through what became one of the bloodiest summers in the history of the modern Middle East.
Thirty years on, he returns to Beirut, retraces his steps, and unpicks the stories and people behind some of his most iconic photographs - those that were published, and many of which were unseen at the time.

Review:
http://www.bananapook.com/2013/03/film-screening-george-azars-beirut.html

Trailer:
https://www.facebook.com/Beirutphotographer

Full movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAHv4m6EsOQ

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