Back from Exile - Homage Bassel Shehadeh

Hadiyat Sabah as-Sabt (Saturday Morning Gift)
Bassel Shehadeh, Syria, 2010, 3 min. Arabic with English Subtitles

Shawari'na... Ihtifaliyyat al-Hurriyya (Our Streets... A Celebration of Freedom)
Bassel Shehadeh, Syria, 2012, 24 min. Arabic with English Subtitles

Milad Majid, Homs (Merry Christmas Homs)
Bassel Shehadeh, Syria, 2012, 14 min. Arabic with English Subtitles

Zakira li'n-Nisyan (A Memory for Forgetfulness)
Bassel Shehadeh, United States, 2011, 6 min. Arabic with English Subtitles

Syrian filmmaker and activist Bassel Shehadeh filmed his homeland between bombs, drums, street protests and quiet everyday life until his murder at the hands of regime forces in Homs in 2012. Back from Exile brings together his films, which capture the courage of people surrounded by violence, documenting both resistance and hope. From the rubble to celebrations under fire, Shehadeh’s images reveal joy, fear, and resilience. Intimate, poetic, and unflinching, they weave together memory, resistance, trauma, and zest for life. (IF)