Reminiscences of 15 musicians in Beirut attempting a re-imagination of the Egyptian classic Ya Garat Al Wadi / Canada, Lebanon / Louisiana Premiere

“Ya Garat Al Wadi” is a popular piece of Egyptian music composed by the legendary Mohammad Abdel Wahab and written by the poet Ahmad Shawqi in 1928. More than 90 years later, this film documents an orchestra of 15 musicians, formed by the initiative of Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (of Jerusalem In My Heart), over the period of five days in Beirut to once again reinterpret this great classic of Arab music.

Director's Biography:

Charles-André Coderre lives and works in Montreal. Dedicated to analog cinema techniques, he is a member of the Montreal collective Double Negative. He also works on 16mm live projections for several film and music performances.