Actor Badih Abou Chakra joins Mouin and Médéa for a discussion about the entertainment industry in Lebanon and the Middle East and shares his insight on:
- Badih’s experience in NYC after 9/11
- The history of TV & Films in the Arab world
- Theater and Karbala
- Why Arabs overact in movies & series
- American vs. European cinema
- Roman Polanski Woody Allen, Bill Cosby and their art
- Why is Beirut a disease?
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Chapters
0:00 Living in New York during the 9/11 era
7:40 Working in the USA vs in Canada
14:41 Returning to Lebanon after years abroad
18:20 Badih on Arab Women
30:12 The history of theater and TV in the Arab world
40:47 The dynamics between actor, director and the script
48:35 The dark age of Arab Cinema
53:50 Medea & Mouin’s Ultimate Debate: American vs European Cinema
1:01:28 Badih’s attachment to the land and his culture
1:07:59 Sabra Superhero, Zionism and Hollywood
1:12:13 The lack of a TV and Film industry in Lebanon
1:16:20 Can you separate the Art from the Artist
1:36:22 We live on hope
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Created by Médéa Azouri & Mouin Jaber
Executive Producer Rita Choueifati
Edited by Dana Abdessamad
Translated by Elodie Finestres & Joelle Saliba
Subtitling by Image Production House
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Sarde (noun), [Sa-r-de]: A colloquial term used in the Middle East to describe the act of letting go & kicking off a stream of consciousness and a rambling narrative.
The Sarde After Dinner Podcast is a free space based out of the heart of Beirut, Lebanon, where Médéa Azouri & Mouin Jaber discuss a wide range of topics (usually) held behind closed doors in an open and simple way with guests from all walks of life.
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