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The women of Hizbollah
Title
The women of Hizbollah [videorecording] / [presented by] JBA production, Arts France ; a film by Maher Abi-Samra.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : First Run/Icarus Films, 2000.
Physical Description
1 videocassette (49 min.) : sd., col. : 1/2 in.
Notes
Director, Maher Abi-Samra ; editor, Aurelie Ricard ; camera, Bassem Fayad ; exec. producers, Jacques Bidou, Therry Garrel.
In English and Arabic with English subtitles and voiceovers
Summary
Filmmaker Maher Abi-Samra returns to the neighborhood of his youth in Beirut settled in the 1950's by the mostly shiite community from southern Lebanon and now the stronghold of the Islamic Party of God, the Hezbollah. This film is a portrait of two Lebanese muslim women, Zeinab and Khadije, who are activists in the Hezbollah. It examines the personal, social and political factors that undergird their commitment, presents the activities of the Islamic political party and examines its place in Beirut society and in Lebanese politics.
Variant and related titles
Title on cassette label: The women of Hezbollah
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Arabic
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Credits
Director, Maher Abi-Samra ; editor, Aurelie Ricard ; camera, Bassem Fayad ; exec. producers, Jacques Bidou, Therry Garrel.
System details note
VHS.
Subjects
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JBA production.
Arte France cinéma (Firm)
First Run/Icarus Films.
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