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Nacer Khemir – Sheherazade: Words Against Death (2011)

The collected work known as “One Thousand and One Nights” survived for centuries through generations of Arab storytellers, and is now recognized as an integral part of world literature. In this filmed performance, storyteller/filmmaker Nacer Khemir sits on chair in the middle of a dimly lit stage and deploys the magic of words to take us on a journey of the imagination. This simple set-up may not seem like much, but it offers the listener an extraordinarily colorful experience and brilliantly emphasizes the oral nature of the work. As we listen to the expertly told stories, we are equally charmed by their intricacies and entranced by their interconnectedness. Even though Khemir illustrates some of the stories with beautifully filmed sequences, the audience’s ability to listen is paramount here. Sheherazade used words to avoid impending death, Khemir uses the art of storytelling to breathe a new life into this ancient masterwork.

Sheherazade - Words Against Death.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 20mn
Size: 	979 MiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	720x480 ~> 853x480
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	1 500 Kbps
BPP: 	0.181
Audio
#1:  	Multiple languages 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 Kbps

https://nitro.download/view/28664EE036577B5/Sheherazade_-_Words_Against_Death.mkv

Language(s):French, Arabic
Subtitles:English hardsubbed

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