El Ajnabi

Australia, 2007

Australian born Raymond Nashar travels to Lebanon with his family and discovers that he loves two countries but has no place where he belongs completely.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Previously on display

22 April 2019

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Credits

creator

Raymond Nashar

producer

ACMI Digital Storytelling

production company

ACMI

Duration

00:02:42:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

2007

Appears in

Group of items

Stories from the Lebanese community: A Digital Storytelling project

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B2000919

Language

English

Audience classifications

ACMI classified

Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Lebanese - Australia

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Lebanon

Biographical

Digital Storytelling

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Emigration and immigration

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Discrimination

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Emigration and immigration

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Lebanese - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Lebanon - Foreign relations - Israel

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Lebanon - Social conditions

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Group identity

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Group identity

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Identity (Psychology)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Identity (Psychology) in children

History → Lebanon - Foreign relations - Israel

Places → Lebanon

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

DVCAM; Master

DVCAM; Sub-master

MOV file H264; ACMI External Digital Access Copy

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