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More Than Smoke/Here/The War Around Us
More Than Smoke/2min
An homage to Tunisia's Mohammad Al Buazizi whose match ignited historic change, this animated short film uses some of the most unforgettable symbols of the Arab spring revolution to convey the necessity and inevitability of revolutions for defeating dictatorships and oppressive regimes.
Here/4min
In a barbaric political regime, who is the real prisoner the guard who reinforces the policies of the oppressor, or the one behind bars? Through the dialogue between the two, this animated short film examines the advocate for the right of civilians to demonstrate peacefully and nonviolently for basic human rights versus the enforcer.
The War Around Us/75min
In 2008 two best friends found themselves trapped in one of the most dangerous places on earth the only western journalists in the Gaza Strip on what was supposed to be a 24-hour assignment. The War Around Us captures the collision of veteran war correspondent and one of TIME's most 100 influential people, Ayman Mohyeldin, with rookie reporter Sherine Tadros. As missiles shower the city and unspeakable atrocities emerge, the pair are torn by fierce professional rivalry,private terror and grim humor with no way out and the whole world watching. Bay area Premiere. Winner of Best Documentary, Newport Beach Film Festival.
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LocationWriter's Guild Theater
135 South Doheny Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
United States
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