Kama Tohalleq al Teyour
As Birds Flying
© Heba Amin
Kama Tohalleq al Teyour | As Birds Flying by Heba Y. Amin
EGY 2016, Forum Expanded
© Heba Amin
In late 2013, Egyptian authorities detained a migratory stork suspected of espionage due to an electronic device attached to its leg. Kama Tohalleq al Teyour addresses conspiracies embedded in the political landscape that shape the present.
It confronts the absurdity of the media narrative that has blurred fantasy with realty and turned a bird migrating from Israel to Egypt into a symbol of state paranoia. The film juxtaposes drone footage of the “spy bird” with reconstructed audio from Adel Imam’s iconic film Birds of Darkness (1995), which critiques government corruption in Egypt through the opposing perspectives of secular and Islamist parliamentary candidates.
It confronts the absurdity of the media narrative that has blurred fantasy with realty and turned a bird migrating from Israel to Egypt into a symbol of state paranoia. The film juxtaposes drone footage of the “spy bird” with reconstructed audio from Adel Imam’s iconic film Birds of Darkness (1995), which critiques government corruption in Egypt through the opposing perspectives of secular and Islamist parliamentary candidates.
Additional information
Heba Y. Amin
The director of the film.
Kama Tohalleq al Teyour · Forum Expanded · Feb 14, 2016