Warehouse 12: the Whole Story of the Beirut Blast 

2021, 82′, produced & directed by Paul Russell, Andrea Vogt, Roger Moukarzel & Cathy Chami Tyan

Sunday 31 July at 20:00 Beirut / 19:00 CET
Online screening (Zoom Platform)
Followed by a debate about the investigation progress
in English, Arabic & French, with
Mazen Houteit, Lawyer for marginalized non-Lebanese victims,
Ghida Frangieh, Lawyer at Legal Agenda,
Paul Russell & Andrea Vogt, the film Producers & Directors, and
Habib Battah, Independent journalist and Founder Beirut Report.
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ENG. Two years after the double explosion of warehouse 12 that ripped through Beirut, the story can finally be told by those who lived through this bloody and teary night.
How did this happen, what impact did it have on the capital and its people, and how does the city cling to life and try to rise from the ashes?
Families of victims, firefighters, doctors and nurses, journalists and activists, business and community leaders, witnesses of the apocalyptic night return in this documentary on the appalling August 4, 2020. They wonder about the investigation, its outcome against which a whole political class is striving. They ask aloud if justice will ever be done.
At a time when Judge Tarek Bitar, in charge of the investigation, is notified of the 34th legal procedure brought to obstruct his action, what about the truth on this crime which has devastated Lebanon?

FR. Deux ans après la double explosion de l’entrepôt 12 qui a ravagé Beyrouth, l’histoire peut enfin être racontée par ceux qui l’ont vécue dans le sang et les larmes.
Comment celle-ci s’est-elle produite, quel impact a-t-elle eu sur la capitale et ses habitants, et comment la ville s’accroche à la vie et tente de renaître de ses cendres ?
Familles de victimes, pompiers, médecins et infirmières, journalistes, jeunes militants, chefs d’entreprise et dirigeants communautaires, témoins de cette apocalyptique nuit, reviennent dans ce documentaire sur l’effroyable 4 aout 2020. Ils s’interrogent sur l’enquête, son aboutissement contre lequel s’acharne toute une classe politique. Ils demandent tout haut si justice sera rendue.
A l’heure où le juge Tarek Bitar, en charge de l’enquête, est notifié de la 34è procédure judiciaire intentée pour bloquer son action, qu’en est-il de la vérité sur ce crime qui a terrassé le Liban ?

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