Massaker (2004)

Massaker is a psychological and political portrait of six men that took part in the Sabra and Shatila massacres in September 1982, during which Lebanese militia slaughtered 1000 to 3000 Palestinian refugees. Menkes’ s film does not aim to give an accurate representation of the event, but to examine it from a rarely seen viewpoint: that of the culprit. A powerful testimony, as well as an invaluable study of collective violence, Massaker received the FIPRESCI Award at the Berlin Film Festival.

Directors: Nina Menkes, Monika Borgmann, Lokman Slim, Hermann Theissen
Screenwriters: Monika Borgmann, Hermann Theissen
Cinematography: Nina Menkes
Editing: Anne de Mo, Bernd Euscher
Music: FM Einheit

Germany / Lebanon / Switzerland, Color
Arabic, 96’
Format: 35mm