Film
Babylon
2012 · 2h 1m · Documentary
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- 7.5
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Overview
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.
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Crew
- Ismael ChebbiDirector · Editor
- Youssef ChebbiDirector
- Ala Eddine SlimDirector · Producer · Editor
- Ali HassounaProducer
- Chawki KnisProducer
Details
- Release date
- July 1, 2012
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Arabic
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Genres
- Documentary
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