Behind the Shield
Thursday 2 May 2024, at 19:30
Ashkal Alwan and the Sursock Museum are pleased to invite you to the screening of Behind the Shield by Sirine Fattouh, on Thursday 2 May at 19:30. The film will be followed by a Q&A session. This screening is part of a longer film program part of Home Works 9: A Forum of Cultural Practice.
Behind the Shield
Dir. Sirine Fattouh, 2022
57’, Lebanon
In Arabic with English subtitles
Behind the Shield paints a filmic portrait of the city of Beirut over the past 3 years. The work documents key moments in the country’s recent history–from the October Revolution to the Port explosion of August 4, 2020–while also shedding light on the mundane and commonplace facets of everyday life.
Sirine Fattouh (b. 1980, Lebanon) is a feminist visual artist, a researcher, and a biker. Her work is concerned with representing people’s histories using various mediums. Through her own and other testimonies, she explores the complex relationship to her country of origin and the consequences of conflicts and wars on people’s everyday lives.