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About a War

A documentation of the Lebanese Civil War.

Collective Eye Films | 2019 | 84 minutes

Batata

This unparalleled Peabody-winning film documents 10 years in the life of a singularly determined Syrian refugee woman

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 126 minutes

A Maid for Each

The world of maid service in Lebanon.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 67 minutes

Measures of Distance

Palestinian-born video and performance artist Mona Hatoum explores the renewal of friendship between mother and daughter during a brief family reunion in war-torn Lebanon in 1981.

Women Make Movies | 1988 | 15 minutes

Q

Q depicts the insidious influence of a secretive matriarchal religious order in Lebanon on three generations of women in the Chehab family.

GOOD DOCS | 2023 | 93 minutes

Shi'ism: Waiting for the Hidden Imam

Across Iran, Lebanon and Iraq a cross-section of major contemporary Shiite figures discuss and debate the history, theology and values of this minority branch of Islam.

Icarus Films | 2005 | 53 minutes

Suspended Dreams

The lasting effects of the civil war in Lebanon.

Bullfrog Films | 1994 | 50 minutes

Tadmor

Eight former detainees recall the years spent being tortured in Syria's notorious Tadmor Prison.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 103 minutes

20 Years Old in the Middle East

Filmed after the fall of Saddam Hussein, this film traverses the region — from Jordan to Syria, Iran, and Lebanon — to take the pulse of Arab and Iranian youth.

Icarus Films | 2003 | 52 minutes

Unspoken Tears: Trauma Through Words

How can refugee children integrate into Quebec’s school system, given the unspeakable violence they’ve experienced?

National Film Board of Canada | 2022 | 52 minutes