Perspectives on 2020: Nadine Labaki on how the Beirut explosion shaped her pandemic year
Source: Subject’s own After two years ratcheting up air miles travelling the film festival and awards circuit with Capernaum, Lebanese filmmaker and actress Nadine Labaki has been grounded in Lebanon for much of 2020. She was in the middle of launching a campaign to encourage more sustainable living when Beirut was devastated by the huge ammonium nitrate explosion of August 4. Since then, Labaki has been at the forefront of efforts to raise awareness of the challenges facing the city and Lebanon’s wider population. In November, she launched an online short-film campaign called Keep Talk...
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