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EL ARENA

By Jay B. JAMMAL

ARTHOOD ENTERTAINMENT GMBH - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Post-Production 2022

Set against the backdrop of the political and economic degradation of Lebanon, the global pandemic and culminating with the devastating 2020 Beirut Explosion, El Arena shines a light on the struggles of the region through the poetry of some of its most talented battle rappers.

Festivals
& Awards

Central Scotland Documentary Festival 2022

North East International Film Festival Newcastle) 2022

Duhok International Film Festival 2023

Festival Diritti Umani Lugano 2023

Human Rights Film Festival Berlín 2023

Unerhört! Musikfilmfestival (Hamburg) 2023

B3 Biennial of the Moving Image (Frankfurt) 2023

Izmir International Film and Movie Festival 2023

- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Documentary, Musical, Social issues
- Countries
- LEBANON, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- Languages
- ARABIC, ENGLISH
- Duration
- 77 mn
- Director(s)
- Jay B. JAMMAL
- Writer(s)
- Jay B. JAMMAL, Tarek JAMMAL
- Producer(s)
- Jay B. JAMMAL (Soulhouse Media)
- Synopsis
- El Arena navigates the underground world of battle rap in the Middle East, taking a first of its kind look into the stories, struggles, and perspectives of its most talented figures. Thanks to Lebanon's relatively liberal freedom of speech laws, rappers from across the Arab World come to Beirut to compete against one another. Outside of The Arena, these men's lives are defined by crumbling socio-economic structures and war. But on the inside, they use their rapping skills to put on a show and playfully fight for a chance to be crowned king. Set against the backdrop of the current degradation of Lebanon, and climaxing with the devastating 2020 Beirut explosion, El Arena paints a picture of the region’s political and economic struggles through the poetry of some of its most talented battle rappers.

EL ARENA

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