My Father Is Still a Communist

My Father Is Still a Communist
Original title : Abi Ma Zal Shuyu'iyyan, Asrar Hamimah Lil Jamee'
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2011
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 32 (in minutes)

All that remains of the relationship between Rachid Ghossein and Maream Hamade are the letters, recorded on audio cassettes, that they sent to one another over 10 years during the civil war in Lebanon. Throughout his childhood, their son Ahmad invented stories about his father being a war hero with the Communist party in Lebanon

Directed by Ahmad Ghossein.

2011. Lebanon/UAE, 32 min.

Commissioned by the Sharjah Art Foundation.


Screening: Friday, October 7, 2011, 4:00 p.m., Theater 2, T2 (Introduced by Ghossein)
Screening: Saturday, October 15, 2011, 1:30 p.m., Theater 2, T2 (Introduced by Ghossein)
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