33 Days
In the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon, around 1,350 people lost their lives, with approximately 1,200 of them being Lebanese civilians. In her acclaimed documentary "33 Days," Palestinian filmmaker Mai Masri followed the lives of four individuals as they struggled to survive the conflict in Lebanon, providing a human face to the war victims. The first person "33 Days" follows is the director of a theater in Beirut who offers shelter to children arriving in Beirut from southern Lebanon after fleeing the bombings. The second person is an aid worker responsible for coordinating emergency relief efforts, the third is a journalist working for an underground TV station, and the last is a mother nursing her newborn baby. Through their stories, Mai Masri sheds light on the war's impact on its victims. This isn't the first time that Masri, one of the most revered Arab filmmakers, has explored the consequences of a war between Israel and Lebanon. Early in her career, she made "Under the Rubble," a documentary that depicted Beirut during the Israeli invasion of 1982.