After the loss of the 1967 War, then-Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, appeared in front of the world and gave an iconic speech. There he announced the defeat, as well as his resignation. For many, this marked the doom of the Arab nationalism that Nasser himself had led and inspired. The Return of Osiris re-examines this moment through its dramatization in dozens of Egyptian films and television series produced between 1976 and 2016. The found footage was edited to reconstruct Nasser' resignation speech according to the original text. By collecting, cataloging, and rearranging visual materials from popular culture, director Essa Grayeb simultaneously highlights the challenge of conveying historical and political moments in art and the power that cinema has in building a collective memory of trauma.