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Abo Zaabal Prison 1989
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Abo Zaabal Prison 1989
IDFA Bertha Fund 2021

Abo Zaabal Prison 1989

Bassam Mortada
Egypt
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Bassam, a filmmaker, reaches out to his estranged father. He reconstructs traumatic memories of events in 1989, which were devastating for his father and had a huge impact on him and his mother. Can an artistic recreation of the past help them confront their traumas?

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