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Everyday Life in a Syrian Village

Original title: Al hayatt al yawmiyah fi quariah suriyah
Year: 1976
Running time: 80 min.
Country: Syria
Director: Omar Amiralay
Screenwriter: Saadallah Wannous, Omar Amiralay
Cast: Documentary
Cinematography: Hazem Bayaa, Abdo Hamzeh
Producer: General Organization for Cinema and Theater
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: The documentary presents an unabashed critique of the impact of the Syrian government's agricultural and land reforms, and the state's conceit of redressing social and economic inequities. Interviews with farmers, health workers and a police officer contrast the peasants’ regard for the state with the mindset of state representatives toward those peasants. Saadallah Wannous, a prominent Syrian playwright and essayist also collaborated with Amiralay on the project.

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Everyday Life in a Syrian Village

1976

Omar Amiralay