This first part of the All That We Witness program entitled Reflections on Arab Documentary presents a series of encounters that look closely at contemporary directions in Arab documentary practice. The program turns to works that approach wider realities through the immediacy of lived experience; following how personal perspectives surface within, complicate, or cast new light on collective events. In doing so, it reopens the question of what the documentary form can offer today: how it examines the past, and how it engages the pressures and urgencies of the present moment. The program brings together conversations, public discussions, and a workshop, alongside a film-screening series.

A Personal Lens, The Collective Moment, a talk with filmmaker Mohammad Jabaly

Omar Amiralay… Sorrow, Time, and Silence, a screening and conversation with director Hala Alabdallah

Sensing the City Through Its Details, a documentary filmmaking workshop facilitated by Asma Bseiso

Documentary Work and Artistic Practice, a talk with filmmaker Mahmoud Massad

Abu Zaabal 89, a film screening and discussion with director Bassam Mortada

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing, a film screening and discussion with director Theo Panagopoulos 

Image from The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing film by director Theo Panagopoulos.