

Documentary
Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam
📅 Thursday, 1 January 1970⏱️ 13m
🎬 Directed by Omar Amiralay🏢 Syrian Arab Television
★ 2.5
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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.
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