| A film situated within the tragically altered context of Lebanon before and after the war of 2006 filmed in Lebanon, Israel, Syria, USA and UK, Directed and produced by Stuart Platt. |
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This timely portrait of Lebanon exposes the fault lines that underlie the current crisis in the Middle East, and charts the country’s attempts to rebuild a fragile peace after it’s long civil wars and recent conflicts with Israel. Memory is for Forgetfulness chronicles the delicate relationships that make up Lebanese society, both past and present. Using interviews from ordinary people, community leaders, academics, soldiers, resistance fighters and politicians, it shows a deeply textured social and religious fabric in which Shia and Sunni Muslims, Druze and Christians of all kinds strive to maintain a delicate balance. It also bears witness to the under-reported plight of the Lebanon’s Palestinians, able to neither return nor make new lives in a society that excludes them. The film explores how and why outside powers including the USA, Iran, Syria, Israel and the UK use Lebanon and shows the effect that it has on the society in the country and in the area as a whole.“illuminates brilliantly the true nature of voracious power” ”takes us past the lies our political leaders, past the cowardice of the mainstream press, into the streets, the homes,the lives of the lebanese dealing with a continual threat of war” “beautiful filmaking, poetic, heartbreaking... a film to watch if you want to really find Website coming soon info@memoryisforforgetfulness.co.uk A home production in association with Al Jazeera |