The Lebanese Rocket Society
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Sun 27 October 2013 // 20:00
(cancelled)
(Sun 27th Oct / 8pm / £5/4)
(Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas / 2012 / Lebanon/France/Qatar / 93 mins / Unclassified / subtitles)
Acclaimed documentary about a Lebanese university professor’s improbable entry to the international space race.
In the early 60's, during the cold war and the apex of Pan Arabism, a group of students and researchers entered the race to space and created the Lebanese Rocket Society. From disastrous rocket fuel experiments to test launches that united pan-Arabist optimism, this internationally acclaimed documentary excavates a forgotten moment in history and recalls the utopian possibilities that ultimately lost out to civil and regional conflict.
Trailer: http://hadjithomasjoreige.com/wide_posts/the-lebanese-rocket-society/
(Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas / 2012 / Lebanon/France/Qatar / 93 mins / Unclassified / subtitles)
Acclaimed documentary about a Lebanese university professor’s improbable entry to the international space race.
In the early 60's, during the cold war and the apex of Pan Arabism, a group of students and researchers entered the race to space and created the Lebanese Rocket Society. From disastrous rocket fuel experiments to test launches that united pan-Arabist optimism, this internationally acclaimed documentary excavates a forgotten moment in history and recalls the utopian possibilities that ultimately lost out to civil and regional conflict.
Trailer: http://hadjithomasjoreige.com/wide_posts/the-lebanese-rocket-society/