Three Posters: Peflections on a Video/Performance

Three Posters plays with fiction and truth by offering a voyeuristic view of multiple takes of Jamal Sati's farewell video testimonial, recorded shortly before his suicide mission, and juxtaposing them with an actor's real-time testimonial. The videos consider the limits of truth and its r...

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Published in:TDR : Drama review 2006-10, Vol.50 (3), p.182-191
Main Authors: Khoury, Elias, Rabih Mroué
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Language:English
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Armed forces
Cameras
Civil wars
Communist parties
Martyrdom
Military operations
Performance art
Pieces
Suicide
Theater
Villages
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subjects Armed forces
Cameras
Civil wars
Communist parties
Martyrdom
Military operations
Performance art
Pieces
Suicide
Theater
Villages
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