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Talaeen a Junuub/ Up to the South

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Producer(s)Jayce Salloum
Director(s)Jayce Salloum, & Walid Ra'ad
Release Date1993
Runtime60 min
Format(s)video
Language(s)Arabic, English, French
Youth Mediano

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Talaeen a Junuub (Up to the South) is ostensibly a documentary on the south of Lebanon exploring current conditions, the issues behind the conditions and their representation both in the West and in Lebanon itself. Within this we are trying to tackle two other concerns. One being the terms (and positions) inherent in the discourse surrounding the issues, i.e. terrorism, colonialism, occupation, resistance, collaboration, experts, spokespeople, leadership, the land, etc., and the other being the history and structure of the documentary genre specifically in regards to the representation of other cultures by the West in documentary, ethnography and anthropological practise and the problems/agenda involved from the perspective of the subjects viewed and the practitioners practising. "Up to the South" challenges traditional documentary formats by positing representation itself as a politicized practice.

Official Sitewww.arabfilm.com
Contactsalloum@rrrr.net

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