Michel Tabet, 2006, Liban

Every year, the town of Nabatiyya commemorates Imam Hussein’s martyrdom. The film offers an inside look at the February 2006 ceremonies. It is part of a visual anthropology project, and it registers the diversity of movements and representations characteristic of the public celebrations of Achoura in this southern
Lebanese city.

Country: Lebanon
Year: 2006
Director: Michel Tabet
Cinematography: Michel Tabet
Editing: Michel Tabet
Sound: Michel Tabet
DV cam – 52′
Production: Jean-Paul Colleyn – EHESS/CNRS- Tel : +331 53 63 51 59