Weapons of Choice

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Weapons of Choice, is a 2012 Egyptian movie, directed by Florence Tran, and starring Khalid Abdalla, Ayten Amin, Mohamed Diab. with a runtime of 43 minutes.

Overview

Weapons of Choice is a documentary that examines how contemporary Egyptian filmmakers have responded to the turbulent transformation sparked by the January revolution — deploying fiction, documentary, and participatory journalism as creative tools of engagement. The film profiles directors who have chosen cinema as their means of action in Egypt's long and difficult process of political and social change, exploring how each form carries different possibilities for bearing witness, provoking dialogue, and shaping public consciousness. A meta-cinematic reflection on the role of the camera in times of upheaval, Weapons of Choice asks what it means to make films when the stakes of representation could not be higher.

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