Manal Issa, 2024
Filmed in Beirut on September 22, 2024, just hours before bombing escalated throughout the country, Manal Issa, 2024 presents a haunting interview with the acclaimed Lebanese French actress Manal Issa. Distilled from hours of long-distance conversations between Elisabeth in the U.S. and Manal in Lebanon over the past year, the film intimately considers the role of the actor during the unfolding global conflict. Refusing to be seen on camera, Issa reflects on questions once posed to the late French actress Maria Schneider (best known for her traumatic experience in the 1972 film "Last Tango In Paris”), who was a prescient critic of sexism in the film industry. In "Manal Issa, 2024," an apparitional Issa takes the critique much further.
