‘In Search of Oil & Sand’ Screening at British Council
‘In Search of Oil and Sand’ (2012) is a documentary that follows Mahmoud Sabit, finder of the original 8mm reels of 1952 film, ‘Oil and Sand’, which tells the story of a coup d’etat made by members of the Egyptian royal family, as he reconstructs the film’s story, exploring the political environment that surrounded it. Interestingly, the original film not only managed to predict the fate of the King, but also foresaw the next 60 years of relations between Egypt and the West.
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