Kash Kash: Without Feathers We Can’t Live | Engaging the Personal & Political on film
Kash Kash: Without Feathers We Can’t Live (Wednesday 16th November, Gate Cinema Cork) is a fantastic new documentary that takes a birds-eye view of the city of Beirut at a time of crisis, corruption and political turmoil. Against this backdrop of growing unrest, Lea Najjar’s incredibly human film paints a portrait of an unusual sporting passion that seems to give life meaning as everything else collapses.
In this session, director Lea Najjar and co-writer Alia Haju will discuss what it was like to film contemporary Beirut, how to effectively marry together the political and the personal in documentary film and just why there are so many Lebanese men playing ‘catch the pigeon’.
Speakers:
Lea Najjar – Director, Kash Kash: Without Feathers We Can’t Live
Alia Haju – Co-writer, Kash Kash: Without Feathers We Can’t Live
In conversation with: Nadine Asmar – Filmmaker / FIlm Programme
Kash Kash: Without Feathers We Can’t Live | Engaging the Personal & Political on film
Kash Kash: Without Feathers We Can’t Live (Wednesday 16th November, Gate Cinema Cork) is a fantastic new documentary that takes a birds-eye view of the city of Beirut at a time of crisis, corruption and political turmoil. Against this backdrop of growing unrest, Lea Najjar’s incredibly human film paints a portrait of an unusual sporting passion that seems to give life meaning as everything else collapses.
In this session, director Lea Najjar and co-writer Alia Haju will discuss what it was like to film contemporary Beirut, how to effectively marry together the political and the personal in documentary film and just why there are so many Lebanese men playing ‘catch the pigeon’.
Speakers:
Lea Najjar – Director, Kash Kash: Without Feathers We Can’t Live
Alia Haju – Co-writer, Kash Kash: Without Feathers We Can’t Live
In conversation with: Nadine Asmar – Filmmaker / FIlm Programme
