Bassel Shehadeh
Directing
Biography
Bassel Shehadeh (باسل شحادة) (January 31, 1984 – May 28, 2012) was a Syrian Christian film maker, producer, IT Engineer, environmental and cultural activist, and a well-known civil activist during the Syrian uprising in 2011 to 2012. He was a pioneer in organising peaceful protests in Damascus denouncing the government’s crackdown of the Arab Spring. Shehadeh was arrested while protesting with fellow artists in the al-Midan neighbourhood of Damascus. His camera captured and documented the assaults and bombardments conducted by the Syrian regime's forces on the city of Homs. He was killed during a government assault in the neighbourhood of al-Safsafa in Homs. From Wikipedia.
Known For
A short film based on a real interview with a kid survived the 2006 war on Lebanon.
Saturday Morning Gift
Discussions on nonviolence between Syrian and Western thinkers.
Songs to Freedom
Bassel Shehadeh's last film.
Princes of the Bees
The film gives an interesting insight on the memories of different activists in different Syrian cities on the first weeks and months of the Syrian revolution.
Streets of Freedom
An experimental film made by Bassel Shehadeh in the fall of 2011 while studying at Syracuse University in New York. The film is based on Mahmoud Darwish's book "Memory for Forgetfulness"
A Memory For Forgetfulness
In seven camps " Sasaa, Knaker, and Sahnaya" were distributed 400 gift bags, 100 pack of desert, and 6 large cans of food.