Summary "DO YOU LOVE ME?" is an archive-based documentary that follows the lived experiences of generations of Lebanese from the 1950s until today. It utilizes a wide range of mixed media collected from journalistic archives, T.V. and pop culture, video art pieces, photography, radio, newspaper prints, documentary and fiction films, home videos, and personal archives. The film covers the oscillation between moments of war and moments of calm throughout the given period. Featuring the stories, anecdotes, songs, art, and culture of the people who remained in Lebanon through these years we begin to see and understand this society's collective memory, dynamics, and psyche. Rather than recounting a more traditional history, the film attempts to portray an emotional ethnography of the Lebanese people. It presents us with the conundrum of a country that is stuck between a rock and a hard place, unable to agree on its own past, present, or future. The film's focus is not on a deep nostalgia for the past or the promise of any answers: instead, it lingers on the questions raised about life in these challenging times and how it affects our experience of the present. View more details
Genres : Biography Documentary
Release date : Apr 19, 2023
Countries of origin : Germany Lebanon
Language : English Arabic French
Production companies : Wood Water Films
Summary "DO YOU LOVE ME?" is an archive-based documentary that follows the lived experiences of generations of Lebanese from the 1950s until today. It utilizes a wide range of mixed media collected from journalistic archives, T.V. and pop culture, video art pieces, photography, radio, newspaper prints, documentary and fiction films, home videos, and personal archives. The film covers the oscillation between moments of war and moments of calm throughout the given period. Featuring the stories, anecdotes, songs, art, and culture of the people who remained in Lebanon through these years we begin to see and understand this society's collective memory, dynamics, and psyche. Rather than recounting a more traditional history, the film attempts to portray an emotional ethnography of the Lebanese people. It presents us with the conundrum of a country that is stuck between a rock and a hard place, unable to agree on its own past, present, or future. The film's focus is not on a deep nostalgia for the past or the promise of any answers: instead, it lingers on the questions raised about life in these challenging times and how it affects our experience of the present. View more details
Genres : Biography Documentary
Release date : Apr 19, 2023
Countries of origin : Germany Lebanon
Language : English Arabic French
Production companies : Wood Water Films
