Jocelyne Saab
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Jocelyne Saab was a filmmaker and a photographer. She was born in 1948 and grew up in Beirut. In 1973, she became a war reporter in the Middle-East, covering the war of October for Magazine 52, the third television channel in France. In 1975 she directed her first feature film, a documentary released in Parisian cinemas: Lebanon in Turmoil, distributed by Pascale Dauman. She will then cover the Lebanese war for fifteen years, during which she directs almost thirty films, including Beirut, never again, broadcasted on France 2 in 1976, Letter from Beirut and Beirut, my city, broadcasted on France 3 between 1978 and 1982. In 1977 both Egypt, City of the Dead and The Sahara is not up for sale and were shot and released in Parisian cinemas. In 1981, she shots Iran, Utopia in the making on the days following the Iranian revolution, which received several international prizes. In 1998, she went to Vietnam and directed a documentary called The Lady of Saigon, which is awarded best French documentary by the French senate. It’s broadcasted on France 2, and in many international festivals.
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Lebanon in a Whirlwind (1975)
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Dunia (2006)
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The Razor's Edge (1985)
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Making of Nahla (1979)
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A Letter from Beirut (1978)
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What's Going On? (2009)
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Beirut, Never Again (1976)
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Imaginary Postcards (2016)
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Sahara Is Not for Sale (1977)
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Once Upon a Time in Beirut (1995)
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The Ship of Exile (1982)
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My Name is Mei Shigenobu (2018)
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Lebanese, Hostages of Their City (1982)
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Rejection Front (1975)
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Gender Cafe (2013)
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Iran, Utopia on the Move (1980)
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The Lady of Saigon (1996)
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Palestinian Women (1974)
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Children of War (1976)
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Beirut, My City (1983)
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La Tueuse (1988)
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Les Palestiniens continuent (1974)
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For a Few Lives (1976)
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Egypt, City of the Dead (1978)
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Personal Drawing of a French Mercenary (1975)
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South Lebanon: The Story of a Village Under Siege (1976)
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One Dollar a Day (2016)
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Fertilization in Video (1991)
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The Architect of Louxor (1986)
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L’Amour d’Allah (1986)
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La Croix des Pharaons (1986)
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Les Almées, danseuses orientales (1989)
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The Ghosts of Alexandria (1986)
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