Film details

Synopsis

Like a Spiral is a dialogue between Beirut and five women, migrant domestic workers, under the Kafala system. Expressing their belonging to a society in collapse, the women’s voices rise through the film’s grainy images to denounce their stolen freedom with an inalienable thirst for existence. Their memories dance in the rhythm of oppression. Caught within life’s spiral, they lift themselves up to not sink into oblivion.

Crew

Writing : Lamia Chraibi

Cinematography : Ariane Lorrain

Sound recording : Lamia Chraibi, Patricia Bergeron

Editing : René Roberge

Sound Design : Olivier Calvert

Sound Mix: Bruno Bélanger

Music : Radwan Ghazi Moumneh

Fund Raising

The protagonists of the film Like a Spiral are among the most vulnerable and invisible communities in Lebanon’s current war. As migrant workers with no access to humanitarian aid services, they have banded together to set up a fundraising campaign in support of their communities affected by air strikes and displacement.

Direction

Lamia Chraibi

Lamia Chraibi is a French-Moroccan filmmaker based in Montreal. She is particularly interested in the themes of social justice, identity, family and territory. She also deals with subjects related to body language and social art. The human being is at the heart of her approach. Her studies in social science (Sorbonne, Paris) and in documentary (INIS, Montreal) have shaped her sensitive and committed vision of the world. Her art is nourished by her identity questions, her migratory journey and her travels. Lamia’s cinema is based on time and the trust established with the protagonists. With a poetic approach, her camera gives a voice to the forgotten from diverse backgrounds.

 

Filmography

LIKE A SPIRAL, 28 min, Documentary, 2024
CIRCO, 88 min, Documentary, 2024
STATU QUO, 10 min, Experimental, 2020
AMAZON VOICES, 52 min, Documentary, 2015