Raed El Rafei, assistant professor of film and media studies in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, will premiere his new film at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in November.
In “Tripoli/A Tale of Three Cities,” the queer filmmaker returns to his Lebanon hometown. His quest to confront the city that once rejected him leads to interviews with a cross-section of the city’s inhabitants about a wide range of topics, with several recurring protagonists, including a queer artist and a young politician.
Nick France, photography by Luciano Sprovieri