The lebanese rocket society directors set to shoot the. Synopsis from 1960 to 1966, a space project was undertaken in lebanon. Lebanese rocket society reorient middle eastern arts. Lebanese rocket society reorient middle eastern arts and. That was the lebanese rocket society s motto in the early to mid 1960s. Several rockets, which became larger and more powerful with time, were launched from the hills surrounding beirut by a group of scientists. Rocket fired at israel from south lebanon rt world news. Cnn the israeli air force conducted a strike in lebanon between beirut and sidon on friday, a day after rockets struck northern israel, the israeli defense forces said friday. The movies are first sorted by director, then in chronological order of release. The lebanese rocket society 2012 in 1960s lebanon, manoug manougian leads a group of scientists, students and army experts to develop a space program for their country. Lebanese rocket society is not only an investigation into the history of the lebanese space program, but also a reflection on the notions of ambition, destruction, and reconstruction. A web search for lebanese rocket yields only images of war, specifically.
A feature film by khalil joreige, joana hadjithomas. The lebanese rocket society trailer arabic subtitles. Directed by joana hadjithomas and khalil joreige, it follows the surreal tale of a group of students lead by their charismatic teacher, mahoug manougian, a mathematics teacher at the thenyoung lebanese armenian haigazian university, and their successful attempt at launching the first rocket. The film focuses on manoug manougian, a lebanese scientist who assembled a team of university students from hagazian collage, along with army experts, and fellow scientists to try to build the. Back in the 1960s, a group called the lebanese rocket society tried to send lebanesemade rockets into space. The fact that lebanon had a space programme is just one of the surprises in khalil joreige and joana hadjithomas. Lebanons brief flirtation with space travel in the 1960s. March 20 page 1 t he b e k a a v a l l e y smjall jeppe petersen introduction within lebanese society, deep divisions still linger from a violent and protracted civil war that extended from 1975.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the lebanese rocket society near you. Throughout the film, hadjithomas and joreige map out the history of modern lebanon from within a void of forgetfulness. At the beginning of the 1960s, during the cold war and before the six day war, a group of utopian researchers enter the space race. This led to the creation of the golden record of the lebanese rocket society, a. After the launch of several larger experimental rockets one of which almost landed in nearby cyprus that caused. It may sound like a joke, but its totally real, and the subject of a new documentary film. Why had such a significant episode in lebanons history been altogether erased. At first glance, the title of crg gallerys show the lebanese rocket society a tribute to dreamers appears an intergalactic flight of fancy.
Calling themselves the lebanese rocket society, the group. In the early 60s, during the cold war and apex of pan arabism, a group of student and researcher enters the race to space and create the lebanese rocket society. Report of the secretarygeneral on the implementation of security council resolution 1701 2006 reporting period from 1 march to 28 june 20 i. The unbelievable true story of the lebanese rocket society. The lebanese rocket society 2012 plot summary imdb.
The lebanese rocket society is a 2012 franco lebanese documentary film directed by joana hadjithomas and khalil joreige and released theatrically on 1 may 20. The rocket launch could be heard from an area about 10 kilometers from the israeli border, lebanese residents and security sources said. The lebanese rocket society the strange tale of the lebanese space adventure in the early 60s, during the cold war and the apex of pan arabism, a group of utopian students and researchers enters the race to space and create the lebanese rocket society. In the 1960s, lebanese students, scientists and army experts develop a space program. Part iii, iv, v ponders the apparent absence of this program from societys personal and collective memory, shedding light on perceptions of the past and present and the imagination of the future, exploring the notion of a collective dream. Since then, however, not one lebanese rocket has pierced the sky. The original society gained fame in lebanon after a series of successful launches of cedar rockets and in 1962 president fouad chehab announced limited. The society developed into the wider lebanese space program and it produced the first rockets of the arab world, which were capable of suborbital flight.
Few people know of this forgotten footnote in arab history, but this. Lebanese society is very modern and similar to certain cultures of southern europe as the country is linked ideologically and culturally to europe through france, and its uniquely diverse religious composition create a rare environment that is at once arab and european. But there was another contestant in the race the lebanese rocket society, a science club from a university in beirut and the. Lebanese visual artists and filmmaking duo joana hadjithomas and khalil joreige the lebanese rocket society are set to shoot a new highconcept drama with the working title the. To cover more women, i have limited myself to 10 movies per director which is very hard for some of them.
The lebanese rocket society screening at metropolis cinema. Jerusalem at least one rocket fired from lebanon fell in northern israel on sunday without causing damage or injury, and israel responded with artillery fire, according to the israeli military. The original society gained fame in lebanon after a series of successful. The lebanese rocket society full movie watch online, stream or. Members of the lebanese rocket society preparing to launch a twostage rocket in 1961 by alex hannaford 7. Their aim was to create and launch rockets into space for study and exploration. No videos, backdrops or posters have been added to the lebanese rocket society. With this piece i won artdiscovers global competition talents 20 to find the best new voices in contemporary art writing. This reminded us of the american space exploration missions, such as voyager 1 and 2, which carried on board a goldplated copper disk as well as a cell and a needle to read it. The lebanese rocket society grants projects doha film. Depicted is one of haigazian colleges cedar rockets.
Rocket fired at israel from south lebanon 26 may, 20 21. The lebanese interior minister marwan charbel has already visited the site of the rocket attack and said in a statement after his visit of this place in the southern district of zahyieh in beirut that this was clearly an act of sabotage, although one could name this incident what it is an act of terrorism by the probably known armed. Starting in 1962, the lebanese rocket society began installing in the heads of the cedar rockets a radio transmitter, which broadcast the message long live lebanon. Neither the americans nor the soviets were about to give away the formula for rocket fuel. In the early 1960s, a group of students and scientists at haigazian university in beirut tried to launch a rocket into space. The lebanese government quietly drew a veil over the rocket project to the extent that it is barely remembered despite launches in 196263 being commemorated on a special postage stamp with this. Several rockets, which became larger and more powerful with time, were launched from the hills surrounding beirut by a group of scientists, university students and army experts. The ussr and the us were fighting over earth and sky. The lebanese rocket society 2012 the movie database. The lebanese rocket society during the sixties, america and the ussr competed for supremacy of the solar system. Between 1960 and 1966, a group of university students set out to build a space rocket. It is often considered as europes gateway to western asia as well as asias gateway to the western world.
From 1960 to 1966, a space project was undertaken in lebanon. The project on the lebanese rocket society includes several artistic. Through archival footage and materials, filmmakers joana hadjithomas and khalil joreige uncover a lost chapter in modern history. The intention of the group was to create and launch rockets for space study and exploration. Documentary about lebanons littleknown rocket launch the best documentary feature film was joana hadjithomas and khalil joreiges lebanese rocket society lebanon france qatar, about lebanons first rocket launch in the 1960s and its unforeseen international consequences. Several rockets, which became larger and more powerful with time, were launched from the hills surrounding beirut by a group of. But history has overlooked a third space race contestant.
In the early 1960s, a group of students from the haigazian university led by their professor, manoug manougian, designed and launched rockets for space exploration. Subtitled the strange tale of the lebanese space race. Directed by joana hadjithomas and khalil joreige, it follows the surreal tale of a group of students lead by their charismatic teacher, mahoug manougian, a mathematics teacher at the thenyoung lebanesearmenian haigazian university. In the early 1960s, during the cold war and at the apex of pan arabism, a group of students and researchers entered the race to space and created the lebanese rocket society. Rocket fire from lebanon prompts shelling by israel the.
Lebanese rocket society is not an ordinary documentary, however. Rather, it revolved around the lebanese rocket society which emerged from the haigazian college rocket society, and was founded by manoug manougian in 1960. Lebanons modest contribution to the 60s space race is the subject of this 2012 documentary. For the last 15 years, they have focused on the images, representations and history of their home country, lebanon. Lebanese rocket society the lebanese rocket society which was led by manoug manougian consisted of a small group of students from the haigazian university. Discover the worlds greatest film festivals and awards on mubi.