Directed by Nadim Mishlawi, Lebanon / U.A.E. - 2010 - 70' - In Arabic with English subtitles.
On the outskirts of Beirut, between the City’s port and it’s densely populated center, lies the notorious, now derelict, area of Karantina. Through an exploration of this neglected urban wasteland, Sector Zero examines the area’s peculiar history, using it as a metaphor for Lebanon’s own troubled past. Sector Zero is not so much a documentation as it is an investigation into the dark corners of modern Lebanon’s collective memory in an attempt to discover how much of who we are is based largely on that part of ourselves we have chosen to forget.
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Part of the Scrapbook: A Month of Lebanese Cinema Metropolis Empire Sofil Centre Sofil Achrafieh Tel.: +9611204080
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