Poetry Expo 23
/ 2 February 2023
ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival – Best Of (No. 1)
We Take Back Mountains
Poetry Expo 23
Title: We Take Back Mountains (2019)
Director: Hind Shoufani
Country: Lebanon
Poet: Hind Shoufani
Poem: We Take Back Mountains
Inspired by the popular uprising in Lebanon and overwhelming emotions, the film describes how a nation is on its way to reclaim public space and its rights. The poem honors the people’s rebellion against the warlords who plunged Beirut into the abyss after the civil war.
Internationals short films based on poems that show what opportunities are available.
The project is part of the subtheme Opportunity.
Author
Haus für Poesie
Since its foundation in 1991, the Haus für Poesie, formerly the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin, has been promoting and supporting all areas of literature, but especially poetry, both as the written word and in conjunction with other art forms and media. Its work has focused exclusively on poetry since 2000. It is the venue where contemporary poetry in all its diversity of forms is showcased and discussed.
