Culture · Beirut · Lebanon

Soul of the City: Beirut’s Cultural Decline

2020 · Deutsche Welle

Report · Vanessa Schlesier with Theresa Breuer

Soul of the City: Beirut’s Cultural Decline — film still

About the film

The Beirut port explosion devastates buildings that hold the city’s cultural memory. Mary Cochrane struggles to save her family’s badly damaged Sursock Palace. A report about reconstruction, private initiative and cultural heritage at risk.

Credits

Year
2020
Broadcaster
Deutsche Welle
Report by
Theresa Breuer, Vanessa Schlesier