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12 Angry Lebanese: The Documentary (2009)

12 Angry Lebanese: The Documentary poster
Original title
12 Angry Lebanese
Directed by
Zeina Daccache
Genre
documentary film
Country
Lebanon
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows inmates at a prison in Beirut as they prepare and perform a stage adaptation of the play Twelve Angry Men. It shows their rehearsals and personal stories leading up to the performance.

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What happens

12 Angry Lebanese: The Documentary is a 2009 Lebanese documentary film directed, written and produced by Zeina Daccache, which chronicles efforts to stage an adaptation of Reginald Rose's 1954 teleplay Twelve Angry Men with inmates inside Beirut's Roumieh Prison It premiered at the 2009 Dubai International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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