Abu Ammar is Coming
Synopsis
A photograph circulates, showing five men staring out of a window. Actually, four look out; the last man breaks protocol and looks at the camera. The stage is a bombed out building. All five men wear military fatigues. The colour must have been olive green.
The photograph, snapped by a Magnum freelancer, is a glowing artefact. Alongside it is a blurry newspaper photograph showing the Dhaka funeral of two men at the national Baitul Mokarram mosque: fighters for Palestine. The two photographs are evidence of the presence of Bangladeshi guerrillas in Lebanon in the 1970s, joining and fighting for the PLO in its struggle first for domination, then only survival.
Official Selection Berlinale 2016 - Forum Expanded
Details
- Year
- 2016
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 6 mins
- Director
- Naeem Mohaiemen
- Producer
- Naeem Mohaiemen
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 25th January 2016
