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 Fawwaz 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.