Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam

1970 | 13 minutes | 2.5 ★ (2)

Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam
  • Overview

    The construction of a dam on the Euphrates River is an example of a country’s economic development. Through grandly composed images, rhythmic editing, and aestheticized details, the director demonstrates his admiration for the interwar avant-garde. The film is a celebration of the new, while at the same time showing a traditional way of life and calling attention to working conditions; it is a refrain-like evocation of an arid country that explores the difficult lot of Syria’s rural inhabitants.

  • Release Date

    01 January 1970

  • DirectingOmar Amiralay
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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