Lands of Islam
Director Italo Spinelli
Countries Italy
Duration 83 min
Synopsis
The documentary sketches out the history of political Islam through the, events occurred in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt since the beginning of the, Arab Spring until the most recent demonstrations and repressions of the, Muslim Brotherhood movements.The initial question that inspired the film, is:‘’Islam, what's the story?’’., The answer is a complex story of fear and hope, an exploration of a, reality that involves one billion three hundred million people. That is, whatnthe film ‘’Lands of Islam’’ try to tell, alternating original footage in, new digital high-definition with celluloid images., Interviews with influential personalities coming from religion and politics,, responses from ordinary people, showing environments, streets, squares,, cafes, weddings, sea, repression and revolt, the places of power, enclosed by barbed wire., The style is hybrid, such a mix of high-definition digital media and black, and white film grain, narrating the memory of an original story that is still, in evolution.
The documentary sketches out the history of political Islam through the, events occurred in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt since the beginning of the, Arab Spring until the most recent demonstrations and repressions of the, Muslim Brotherhood movements.The initial question that inspired the film, is:‘’Islam, what's the story?’’., The answer is a complex story of fear and hope, an exploration of a, reality that involves one billion three hundred million people. That is, whatnthe film ‘’Lands of Islam’’ try to tell, alternating original footage in, new digital high-definition with celluloid images., Interviews with influential personalities coming from religion and politics,, responses from ordinary people, showing environments, streets, squares,, cafes, weddings, sea, repression and revolt, the places of power, enclosed by barbed wire., The style is hybrid, such a mix of high-definition digital media and black, and white film grain, narrating the memory of an original story that is still, in evolution.