Film

Babylon

2012 · 2h 1m · Documentary

IMDb

7.5

After the insurrection erupted in Libya in the spring of 2012, more than a million people flocked to neighboring Tunisia in search of a safe haven from the escalating violence. When a massive refugee camp was hastily constructed near the Ras Jdir border checkpoint in Tunisia, a trio of filmmakers carried their cameras in and began filming with no agenda. This on-the-fly chronicle of the camp's installation, operation, and dismantling captures a postmodern Babel complete with a multinational population of displaced folk, a regime of humanitarian aid workers, and international media that broadcasts its “image” to the world. Visually stunning and refreshingly undogmatic, Babylon reveals a rarely seen aspect of the Arab Spring.

• Ismael ChebbiDirector · Editor
• Youssef ChebbiDirector
• Ala Eddine SlimDirector · Producer · Editor
• Ali HassounaProducer
• Chawki KnisProducer

Release date

July 1, 2012

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

2h 1m

Genres

Documentary

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