Babylon

Mon. Nov 19, 2012 at 8:00pm EST
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Babylon

2012. Tunisia. Directed, cinematography, and sound by Ala Eddine Slim, ismaël, Youssef Chebbi. After the insurrection erupted in Libya in the spring of 2012, more than a million people flocked to neighboring Tunisia in search of a safe haven from the escalating violence. When a massive refugee camp was hastily constructed near the Ras Jdir border checkpoint in Tunisia, a trio of filmmakers carried their cameras in and began filming with no agenda. This on-the-fly chronicle of the camp's installation, operation, and dismantling captures a postmodern Babel complete with a multinational population of displaced folk, a regime of humanitarian aid workers, and international media that broadcasts its “image” to the world. Visually stunning and refreshingly undogmatic, Babylon reveals a rarely seen aspect of the Arab Spring. In Arabic, French, English; English subtitles. 121 min.

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The Museum of Modern Art Theater 1 11 West 53 Street
New York, NY 10019