KAMAL JOUMBLATT, WITNESS AND MARTYR (2015)

Lebanon

Runtime: 96Minutes

Director: Hady Zaccak

Cinematographer: Muriel Aboulrouss

Editor: Elias Shaheen

Print Source: [email protected]

Synopsis:

Kamal Joumblatt recounts the major events of his life until his assassination on March 16, 1977. The film takes us on a global journey from Lebanon, all the way to India, following the footsteps of Kamal Joumblatt, the Founder of the Progressive Socialist Party, the leader, the rebel, the reformist, the thinker, the poet… Kamal Joumblatt (1917‐1977) becomes the last witness on his own life.

Hady Zaccak

A Lebanese award-winning documentary director and a professor at IESAV Film School, he is the author of more than 20 documentaries and a book on the history of Lebanese cinema. His selective filmography includes: KAMAL JOUMBLATT, WITNESS AND MARTYR (2015), HONEYMOON 58 (2013), TAXI SANA'A (2012), MERCEDES (2011) (FIPRESCI Prize, Dubai Film Festival 2011), TAXI BEIRUT (2011), A HISTORY LESSON (2009) (Golden Hawk-Arab Rotterdam Film Festival 2010).