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Jocelyne Saab (30 April 1948 – 7 January 2019 [1]) was a Lebanese journalist and film director. She is recognized as one of the pioneers of Lebanese cinema. [2] A reporter, photographer, scriptwriter, producer, director, artist and founder of the Cultural Resistance International Film Festival of Lebanon, Saab focused on the ...
Jan 13, 2019 · ebanese filmmaker Jocelyne Saab died on Monday in Paris after a long illness. She was at her book launch less than three weeks earlier, and was eloquent, as peppy as possible, and there was still mischief in her eyes.
She was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. Her first job was hosting a pop music program on the national Lebanese radio station called "Marsipulami got blue eyes." Then she became a television newsreader. Once civil war broke out in Lebanon, Saab started working on documentary films.
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Jan 24, 2019 · For more than four decades, Jocelyne Saab documented conflict and deprivation – especially in her native Lebanon. Following the sad news that the journalist and filmmaker died on 7 January 2019, we are republishing this article by Nicole Brenez on her work.
The epic, impressionistic trilogy of documentaries about Beirut by Jocelyne Saab (1948-2019) are at once landmark works of Lebanese cinema and masterpieces of the essay film form.
Jun 22, 2021 · On January 7, 2019, Lebanon lost a pioneering filmmaker, journalist, photographer, artist, and political thinker with the passing of Jocelyne Saab.
Nov 9, 2022 · Reporter, photographer, screenwriter, producer, director, visual artist, founder of the Cultural Resistance International Film Festival, Jocelyne Saab was born and raised in Beirut.
