Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam

Audience Score
25
Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam
NR 13 minDocumentary
The construction of a dam on the Euphrates River is an example of a country’s economic development. Through grandly composed images, rhythmic editing, and aestheticized details, the director demonstrates his admiration for the interwar avant-garde. The film is a celebration of the new, while at the same time showing a traditional way of life and calling attention to working conditions; it is a refrain-like evocation of an arid country that explores the difficult lot of Syria’s rural inhabitants.

Movie Details

Original Language:Arabic
Production Companies:Syrian Arab Television
Movie Tags:
middle eastdam