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Overview
After the insurrection erupted in Libya in the spring of 2012, more than a million people flocked to neighboring Tunisia in search of a safe haven from the escalating violence. When a massive refugee camp was hastily constructed near the Ras Jdir border checkpoint in Tunisia, a trio of filmmakers carried their cameras in and began filming with no agenda. This on-the-fly chronicle of the camp's installation, operation, and dismantling captures a postmodern Babel complete with a multinational population of displaced folk, a regime of humanitarian aid workers, and international media that broadcasts its “image” to the world. Visually stunning and refreshingly undogmatic, Babylon reveals a rarely seen aspect of the Arab Spring.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 1, 2012
- Original language
- Arabic
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, English, French
- Countries
- Tunisia
- Producer
- Ali Hassouna,Chawki Knis,Ala Eddine Slim
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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