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Reminiscences of 15 musicians in Beirut attempting a re-imagination of the Egyptian classic Ya Garat Al WadiDéserts
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Reminiscences of 15 musicians in Beirut attempting a re-imagination of the Egyptian classic Ya Garat Al Wadi
Un film de Charles-André Coderre
Musique de Jerusalem In My Heart
Avec la collaboration de l'Aide au Cinéma Indépendant du Canada (ACIC)
Productrice : Johanne Bergeron
Coordonnatrice : Marie-Christine Guité
Distributeur: Light Cone, Vidéographe
Musique de Jerusalem In My Heart
Avec la collaboration de l'Aide au Cinéma Indépendant du Canada (ACIC)
Productrice : Johanne Bergeron
Coordonnatrice : Marie-Christine Guité
Distributeur: Light Cone, Vidéographe
2021 | XP | 13minutes
This film documents the circumstances surrounding the creation of Jerusalem In My Heart’s live recording of “Wa Ta’atalat Loughat Al Kalam” (The language of speech has broke down) in 2017 (Beirut, Lebanon).
Ya Garat Al Wadi is a popular piece of Egyptian music arranged by the legendary composer Mohammad Abdel Wahab and written by the poet Ahmad Shawqy in 1928. Over the years, it has been interpreted by many influential artists, such as Fairuz, and the Rahbani brothers. Most notably, towards the end of the 1960s, the Lebanese singer Nour el Houda made an unforgettable contemporary rendition of this composition for television. More than 90 years later, this piece continues to fascinate the cultural imaginary, to the point where in December 2017, with the initiative of the experimental composer Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Jerusalem in My Heart), an orchestra of 15 musicians was formed over the period of five days in Beirut to once again reinterpret this great classic of Arab music for a contemporary audience.
With Abed Kobeissy, Ali El Hout, Bashar Farran, Eliana Awad, Firas Andary, Imad Hashisho, Jad Saliba, Jihad Assaad, Layale Chaker, Reda Bitar, Sam Shalabi, Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, Sharif Sehnaoui, Tony Elieh, Fadi Tabbal
This film documents the circumstances surrounding the creation of Jerusalem In My Heart’s live recording of “Wa Ta’atalat Loughat Al Kalam” (The language of speech has broke down) in 2017 (Beirut, Lebanon).
Ya Garat Al Wadi is a popular piece of Egyptian music arranged by the legendary composer Mohammad Abdel Wahab and written by the poet Ahmad Shawqy in 1928. Over the years, it has been interpreted by many influential artists, such as Fairuz, and the Rahbani brothers. Most notably, towards the end of the 1960s, the Lebanese singer Nour el Houda made an unforgettable contemporary rendition of this composition for television. More than 90 years later, this piece continues to fascinate the cultural imaginary, to the point where in December 2017, with the initiative of the experimental composer Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Jerusalem in My Heart), an orchestra of 15 musicians was formed over the period of five days in Beirut to once again reinterpret this great classic of Arab music for a contemporary audience.
With Abed Kobeissy, Ali El Hout, Bashar Farran, Eliana Awad, Firas Andary, Imad Hashisho, Jad Saliba, Jihad Assaad, Layale Chaker, Reda Bitar, Sam Shalabi, Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, Sharif Sehnaoui, Tony Elieh, Fadi Tabbal
* Juror’s Award Ann Arbor Film Festival *
2022 ︎Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria ︎ Festival Oodaaq, Rennes︎ Festival Vues sur mer, Gaspé︎ Experiments in Cinema, Albuquerque︎Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Montréal 2021 ︎ Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) ︎Cinema on the Bayou, Louisiane ︎Antimatter Media Art, Victoria ︎ Cairo Video Festival (Medrar) ︎ Revolution Per Minute Festival, Boston︎Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series, Hudson ︎ Ann Arbor Film Festival ︎