'The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni' (2011) is a film by Rania Stephan which sets up a dialogue between the crossroads of Western and Arab cultures and influences by focusing on the career and mythology of Soad Hosni, a famous Egyptian actress of the 20th century who committed suicide in 2001. Appropriating VHS footage from over 80 films that Hosni starred in between 1959 and 1991 Stephan reveals a golden age of Egyptian cinema while also examining the legacy of the representations of modern Arab women. This has recently won Stephan the Art Prize at the Sharjah Biennial (2011) and has toured across the world from PS1 to the Serpentine. It looks like quite a haunting and beautiful film that has added depth through the the scratched and gnarled audio and visual qualities of VHS footage. This is a film that I would quite like to watch!
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Kit
Not seen the trailer for this before, so thanks for sharing! Would love to see it - checking back on my saved records of Destructural Video, I do remember posting about it back in July when it had its UK premiere at The Gate in London...
ReplyDeleteAwesome, I only found out about this quite recently and the images looked stunning. The trailer has made me want to see it even more! Thought you might have known about this. You really are the Destructural Video supremo! If you hear about a viewing near by or somehow get your hands on a copy please let me know :)
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