Learning on ScreenSyria: Chess Match at the Borders
- Synopsis
- Syria is a single-party dictatorship country, ruled since 1970 by Hafez al-Assad and, following his death in 2000, by his son Bashar. Despite the lack of any significant oil reserves, this nation is both a strategic and a besieged country; it is simultaneously a player and a pawn in the geopolitical "chess match" that characterises the Middle East today. The documentary chronicles the historical background to this situation, focusing on the three Arab-Israeli wars -in 1948, 1967 and 1973- and their legacy for Syria.
- Language
- English (English subtitles)
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2008
- Year of production
- 2008
- Subjects
- History
- Keywords
- international relations; Middle East; Syria; political science
Credits
- Director
- Amal Hamelin des Essarts
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 0 NTSC
- Price
- $348
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 52 minutes
- Year
- 2018
Distributor
- Name
Icarus Films
- mail@icarusfilms.com
- Web
- http://icarusfilms.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 718 488 8900
- Fax
- +1 718 488 8642
- Address
- 32 Court Street
21st Floor
Brooklyn
NY 11201
USA - Notes
- A US distributor with an extensive collection of mainly independently-made documentary films from around the world on social, arts and humanities topics. Dedicated to distributing films about people and ideas too often unseen or unheard. Not all titles are for sale on DVD or digital streaming outside the US. Previouslyknown as First Run/Icarus Films.
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