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Nasser's Republic : the making of modern Egypt

Title
Nasser's Republic : the making of modern Egypt / written, produced and directed by Michal Goldman ; Mermaid House, LLC.
Publication
Brooklyn, NY : Icarus Films, [2016]
Copyright Notice Date
©2016.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (138 min.) : DVD video, sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Medium
DVD video 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from title frame.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2016.
Includes both festival version and shorter broadcast version.
Director of photography, Kamal Abdel Aziz ; editor, Peter Rhodes ; original music, Miles Jay.
English narration; some Arabic with English subtitles; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Summary
Documentary about Gamal Abdel Nasser, one of the Arab world's most transformative leaders. In 1952, as a unknown young Egyptian colonel, Nasser led a coup that became a revolution. Over the next 18 years he challenged Western hegemony abroad, confronted Islamism at home, and faced deep divisions among the Arabs, emerging as a titanic figure, champion of Arab progress and African liberation. But what he could not offer was democracy; instead, he established the region's first and much emulated military authoritarian regime. A man of enormous charisma and ambition, Nasser became caught in the coils of his own power, dying at 52 with many dreams unrealized. The Arab Spring and its aftermath are his legacy.
Variant and related titles
Making of modern Egypt
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Arabic
Added to Catalog
January 10, 2018
Credits
Director of photography, Kamal Abdel Aziz ; editor, Peter Rhodes ; original music, Miles Jay.
Performers
Narration, Hiam Abbass ; interviewees, Tewfik Aclimandos, Hoda Nasser, Israel Gershoni, Sherif Younis, Adel Gazzarin, Hani Shukrallah, Zein Fouad.
Cast
Nasser voice-over, Khaled Abol Naga.
System details note
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen, 16:9 presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Contents
[disc 1]. 82 min. festival version
[disc 2]. 56 min. broadcast version.
Genre/Form
Feature films - United States.
Feature films - Egypt.
Biographical films.
Biography.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
History.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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