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BOUKRA

By Carmen LABAKI

Documentary - Development 2023

Like many emerging countries, Lebanon today suffers from an environmental slack which slowly leads it towards ecological catastrophe from all angles: Waste, Food, Energy, Water, Fauna and Flora.
But is there still some hope for the future generations ?

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- LEBANON, FRANCE
- Languages
- ARABIC, FRENCH
- Budget
- 0 - 0.3 M$
- Duration
- 100 mn
- Director(s)
- Carmen LABAKI
- Writer(s)
- Laurent HEBERT
- Producer(s)
- Philippe ARACTINGI (Fantascope Production)
- Synopsis
- “I still hear the voices of our elders who praised a beautiful Lebanon, clean and elegant. It was a treasure in their eyes. This marvelous palace that we inherited, we have defiled it. We broke the walls, the pipes, the roof. We vandalized its foundations, throwing garbage on the ground, dirtying the rooms, tearing up the furniture, dismantling the slabs…”
  Carmen Labaki
  
  BOUKRA
  " Lebanon. A country in crisis since the last century. Wars and ecological disasters follow and look alike. They undermine this country which tries each time to be reborn from its ashes. Lebanon is one of the richest countries in biodiversity but at the same time the one where pollution is wreaking havoc. The rivers are polluted, the agriculture is polluted, the country is littered with waste in open landfills, the sewers of the big cities flow directly into the sea, electricity is lacking and thousands of private generators using fuel oil allow the population to supply itself with volts at the cost of unimaginable atmospheric pollution.
  The Lebanese are in "survival mode" and many no longer have the spirit to protect their land. The corruption that plagues the country often renders those who try to “do something” powerless. Driven by a virile posture, some Lebanese see no problem in behaving like predators of nature or in hunting beyond reason.
  However, despite this catastrophic situation which may seem hopeless, residents, scientists and activists are seeking to reverse the course of things…”