BEIRUT

Press Release, August 4th 2006

Re: Video Letter from Beirut's NGO - network SAMIDOUN

Dear Madame, dear Sir,

Beirut based film collective Beirut DC is addressing the international community in a four-minute video-letter „From Beirut to... those who love us".

The collective is part of grassroots coalition SAMIDOUN which set up the first relief centre for refugees in Beirut, the last count hold around 10,000 internally displaced persons who have fled from Southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut. It's various committees, like the medical team, the meal distribution team or the social intervention team carry out various projects in support of the refugees. (see more below)

The video-letter raises awareness for the situation in Lebanon and shows alternative images to the ones we see in the media on a daily basis. Beirut DC aims the film to be shown in cinemas and cultural spaces all over the world, encourages a wide distribution of the work and welcomes TV stations to acquire the broadcast rights. All revenue from TV-sales will be entirely used to finance the work of SAMIDOUN.

The first TV transmission will be made by ARTE on August 8th. In Germany the first art-house theatres start showing the film before to the regular film screenings by next week to create awareness and help fund-rising for SAMIDOUN.


You can watch the video on http://www.beirutletters.org

and order a free DVD with English and French subtitles at info@mecfilm.de or +49-251-663346 (contact: Irit Neidhardt / Germany).

Donations are welcomed at
Samidoun c/o Green Line Association
- Bank Name: Bank of Koweit and Arab World
- Swift Code: BKAWLBBE
- Account Number: 6189003

Please don't hesitate to contact us for further information, for interviews or photos.

With kind regards

Jad Abi Khalil (Beirut DC), phone: +961-3-853625, mail: beirutdc@inco.com.lb or jadabikhalil@gmail.com

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• beirut
• olmert
• israel
• IDF
• lebanon
• war
• love
• peace
• letter

[yourdana]

i myself aldo i am organising charity fundraising and marching for peace and lighting candles for the dead and trying to defend my country with my art . it is satisfactory...

[yourdana]

aldo we know your concerns , i am worried about that too

but yoy! don't worry all the lebaese will soon march on them if they do not leave

they will put their act together ,let israel first get out of here ...we do not need UN troops in , we can spread our army sooner or later , the fighting can stop from the hizib allah side.it can and it will.we need the world to stand for this injustice

[yourdana]

this video was made by some filmmakers and lebanese artists about the reality of the misery at the moment. no time for blame,will deal with it once israel is out of our land.it is a message for people who want peace around , no time for a blame game.there is a country that is burning because of one aggressor, whatever the lebanese think of each other at the moment , it is best to stand now united help our displaced and talk,communicate. i think we should have learnt our lesson by now...

[yourdana]

this is a very touching video , try to read more news and you will know that hizbolla is not the problem here . it is the world. lebanon is only one example of what will be coming your way if this injustice does not stop. it is not hizbolla which answered disproportionately...

[thinkpad1964]

Goldstone report is the new proove that israeli are the new nazi and they have to leave the area

[simonhannaa]

how many civilians didnt israel kill? ask your self yu fuken dog.

you kiked the palestians out of there country you nob, you have them locked up in jail. n hizballah kidnaps 2 israels you destroy our country, i leabanese is worth all your people. long live lebanon.

HITLER WAS A BAD MAN BECAUSE HE DIDNT FINISH KILLING THA JEWS.

[simonhannaa]

hizballah defended lebanon against israel during the civil war :D

i hate him hes a gronk, he fuked up the country when he had the war in 06

[Marenqo]

go to school and stop hating and killing you are neighbours for allah and moses' sake...

[omda82]

israel is a terrorist,nazi,apartheid state.. freedom for lebanon and palestine..

[stingday]

israel is the 21century nazi state..as the world stood up against nazi germany they are obliged now to fight nazism in israel.. long live the resistance in lebanon and palestine.. palestine 4ever and ever from the sea to the river.. zionism to the bin of history..

[stingday]

fuck israel..fuck the nazi zionist israeli terrorists..

[r0mi22]

realy this is what civilisation teach you, you are a great communicater.

you are a very reasonble person.

at least hope you enjoy your fucking act maybe you was in need for it.

be more human

because this is so wrong if it is in israel or lebanon

always is on the people and it is not the people who are doing those massacre is always the leaders and there dreams.

wake up be a humain

[ofiral1]

fuck Labanon fuck Huzballa you so loser!!!!

Israel forever!!!