KARAMA
[2011 - 2015]
Video, Photography, Journalism
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Karama (Dignity) is a three screen installation (3 HD Video / Loops: 50min + 15min + 18min),
an interactive documentary and a photo-book.
#Mediterranean Sea #Arab Spring #Revolt
Introduction (Nov. 2012)
In March and December 2011 I travelled along the shores of the Mediterranean sea capturing on video the fall of the regimes and the aftermath in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt.
I wanted to understand what was happening in those squares, why people were protesting and what they wanted to achieve.
It was my first time in the Arab world, and my first time doing video-journalism.
I discovered the discrepancies between the big picture of the events, and the reality of the people who were actually fighting in the streets for their freedom and their dignity: the ones who were suffering and struggling for the lack of opportunities, for the desire of a decent life.
Dignity is the world I heard most often in taking short interviews and talking with the people.
Dignity as an Arab people, dignity as Muslims, dignity as human beings, they said.
Karama - Trailer 01:06min
Screenings
- Soleluna Doc Festival 2015 (Palermo and Treviso)
- Mantova Film Festival 2011
- MED FEST 2011, Roma
CREDITS
A project originally by Loris Savino, Marco Di Noia and Elisa Pierandrei
Direction, camera, editing and post-production: Marco Di Noia
Photography, design and development: Marco Di Noia
Camera in Cairo January 2011: Luca Quagliato
Translation from Arabic: Maysun El Targhi
Synopsis, editing assistant, translation to English: Nadia Davila-Pestana
Music: Dunah / Scum from the Sun / Mc Madou / A034 / Arabian Knightz / Signo / Tupac Baby
Voice: Kyle Chapple
The ones who helped during the travel and the development of the project are many,
but special thanks go to:
Venus El Reys, Redwan Belgasem, Afed, Mohammed the giant from Tobruk, Italian embassy in Tripoli, all the musicians who shared their music with me, Nadia, Cracker, Nicoletta Barbata and Luca Quagliato, Annalisa Monfreda, Maysun, and to everyone who shared a piece of this story with me.
This project started as a collective project and ended as a personal one,
but it would have never begun or been completed without the help and the contribution of everyone.
February 2011 - December 2015