Political Media Review

The War of 33 tells the story of the 33-day Israeli attack on Lebanon in the summer of 2006 through a series of blog letters written by Beirut journalist Hanady Salman, an editor with the Beirut paper As-Safir. Hanady knew the worst images of that war would not be shown by the Western media or television. So she decided to dispatch regular email updates to a group of friends and colleagues, relaying her personal accounts and many very graphic photographs from around Lebanon.

Big Noise Films has cultivated a reputation for delivering some of the grittiest documentary films out there — often first-person footage of grassroots rebellions by communities deeply affected by oppressive histories and institutions.