Analyzing video footage posted to YouTube of snipers in the Syrian Civil War, this film lecture zeroes in on the digitalized "shooter" and the absent photographer.
The so-called "double shooting" videos uploaded to YouTube apparently show the victims of snipers in the Syrian Civil War filming the very moment of their own deaths on their phones. Who is the shooter and who is the shot? This film lecture explores how Syrians are recording their images instantly, investigating the link between the act of photographic documentation and death.
- Rabih Mroué
Born in 1967 and lives and works in Beirut. Mroué is an actor, director, playwright, visual arti...
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