The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived

Nadi Lekol Nas and the Sursock Museum will be presenting on Thursday 12 October from 19:30 to 22:00, the restored film The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived produced in 1974 by Lebanese filmmaker Heiny Srour. The screening will be followed by a conversation between Heiny Srour and Fawaz Traboulsi. 

The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived
Dir. Heiny Srour, 1974
65', UK/Lebanon/France

Cinematography: Michel Humeau
Sound: Jean-Louis Ughetto
Assistant Director & Cameraman: Is’aak Ibrahim Souleily
Commentary: Youssef Salman Youssef
 
In 1965 in the region of Dhofar, an extraordinary guerrilla movement rose up against the son of Saïd Ibn Taimour, the Sultan of Oman who had just been overthrown in a coup organized by the British secret service. The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived is an uncompromising documentary about a revolution in the making, and the unique story of a forgotten war.
 

In Arabic with English subtitles 

Screening is free of charge but places are limited, you can book yours here.

Heiny Srour is a filmmaker born in Lebanon in 1945. She studied Social Anthropology in Paris, where she later worked as a journalist and film critic and developed an interest in Third World cinema. In her films, Srour examines the role of Arab women in revolutions. She has shot films in Oman and Vietnam and has documented the Palestinian people’s struggle. Her documentary film The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived (1974) was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, the first film by a woman from the Arab world to be selected.
 
The screenings are part of our ongoing collaboration with Nadi Lekol Nas stemming from a common desire to highlight iconic Arab films belonging to our cinematic heritage.
 
Nadi Lekol Nas is a 20-year-old non-profit cultural organization whose mission is to safeguard and transmit a range of cinematographic, musical and literary productions documenting Levantine artistic and cultural expressions since the 1930s onwards.