We will live to see these things, or, five pictures of what may come to pass

We will live to see these things, or, five pictures of what may come to pass

Production country: 
us
Duration: 
47:00
Edition: 
2008
Format: 
film/video
Julia Meltzer & David Thorne: We will live to see these things
Julia Meltzer & David Thorne: We will live to see these things

project description

We will live to see these things, or, five pictures of what may come to pass is a documentary video in five parts about competing visions of an uncertain future. Shot in 2005-06 in Damascus, Syria, each section of the piece - the chronicle of a building in downtown Damascus, a recitation anticipating the arrival of a perfect leader, an interview with a dissident intellectual, a portrait of a Qur'an school for young girls, and an imagining of the world made anew - offers a different perspective on what might come to pass in a place where people live between the competing forces of a repressive regime, a growing conservative Islamic movement, and intense pressure from the United States.

 

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project site: www.meltzerthorne.com/wedont

 

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