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Egyptian Award Winning Documentary ‘Cairo Drive’ Screens In Australia
Cairo Drive, a 2013 documentary by
Sherief Elkatsha, tells the daily tales of Cairo from the perspective of
its two million cars, taxis and basically anything on two or more
wheels. The movie will be screening at The Australian Centre for the
Moving Image (ACMI) in Melbourne on Wednesday, June 17, at 6.30 pm (GMT
+10).
Greater Cairo –which includes three
governorates, Cairo, Giza and Qalyoubiyyah- spans 1,709 km2, meaning
that a majority of its population -that has grown to over 22 million-
spends a great deal of time commuting across the city back and forth on a
daily basis.
The streets of Cairo are home to plenty
of broken rules. As the various commuters clog up the streets of the
city, the most commonly agreed upon rule is often finding a way through
and across the crowds, regardless of the means. In the meantime,
conversations among strangers are inevitable, created out of the sole
bond of sharing the crowded streets together.
The documentary, which was shot between
2009 and 2012, captures the essence of the city before, during and after
the revolution. It also brings to light the various undertones of a
city that encompasses a wide diversity of identities stemming from
faith, race and social class to say the least.
Cairo Drive was selected as the Best Film from the Arab World in the seventh edition of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
Video trailer of film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KiUty3nIhZo
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