Tripoli : A Tale of Three Cities | Film Screening & Conversation with Dir. Raed Rafei @ Stanford
Film Summary
While living abroad, a filmmaker returns to Tripoli, Lebanon to confront a hometown that once rejected him as a queer child. With a microphone in hand, he walks around coffee shops, public squares and a park to ask the city’s inhabitants about their cultural and social beliefs and their embrace of new ideas. This contemplative urban symphony paints a picture of a city trapped in a self-spun web, paralyzed by a deep economic crisis, a faltering revolution, and a looming doomsday.
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Raed Rafei, moderated by Professor Usha Iyer and Grace Han.
“Tripoli – A Tale of Three Cities celebrates this enigmatic place and its people with an open mind and through a loving, compassionate lens, with nostalgia but also hope for the future, and with an exceptional eye for detail and the humanity in everyone.” – Business Doc Europe, 21 November 2024
Director Bio
Raed Rafei is a filmmaker, researcher, and multimedia journalist. Rafei directed award-winning documentaries and experimental films. His films have screened at international film festivals and venues like the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Doc Lisboa, IDFA, Visions du Réel, and the Pacific Film Archives in Berkeley. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.