The Upper Gate 1991 Directed by Arab Loutfi بوّابة الفوقا
The Upper Gate was about Sidon (The capital of the south of Lebanon), the filmmaker Arab Loutfi’s home town; in which she wove a history of the city through the stories of its people. In her film she tries after the 1982 Israeli invasion, which caused so much damage and chaos, to reconstruct her own memories of the place offering accounts of herself, her sister Maha, her uncle and her friends, interspersing them with newspaper clips and personal photographs to illustrate her preoccupations and concerns in relation to Sidon at different times.
Country
Saudi Arabia
Production Country
Palestinian Territory
Gnere
Documentary
Release Date 1 January 1991
90 mins
