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EMBODIED CHORUS

by Danielle F. Davie, Mohamed Sabbah

synopsis

A Beirut rooftop conversation about living with Sexually Transmitted Infections opens into a cinematic dialogue, as Danielle and Moe draw raw and vibrant images from their personal experiences. Danielle filmed herself in sober and melancholic images to grasp what is going on, while Moe plays with memories and sensations of a queer body “invaded” by a virus. While they engage with five actresses and actors to embody the testimonies of individuals who also lived with STIs, “forbidden” stories begin to exist and enter a collaborative exploration of intimacy, bodies, stigma and shame.

international title: Embodied Chorus
original title: Embodied Chorus
country: Lebanon, Germany, Luxembourg
year: 2023
genre: documentary
directed by: Danielle F. Davie, Mohamed Sabbah
film run: 72'
screenplay: Danielle F. Davie, Mohamed Sabbah
cinematography by: Michael Terhorst
film editing: Vartan Avakian, Rana Sabbagha
producer: Yara Abi Nader, Julia Wagner
co-producer: Christian Neuman, Hélène Walland
production: Heartwake Films, Wild Fang Films, Madame Le Tapis (LB)

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