Heralded for his work as a film historian and critic, Sammy El Salamouny was also a prolific director of documentary shorts that attempted to deconstruct cinematic aesthetics while also capturing the intense urban landscape of Cairo. Both The Morning and The Moment are markers of this technique; beautifully experimental films displaying a distinctive visual identity and a multi-layered approach to storytelling, conveying the complex ways in which Egyptians viewed their city in the early 1970s.

The Morning
General Egyptian Cinema Organization, 1982
Arabic – 20 min

The Moment
Egyptian State Television, 1991
Arabic – 20 min

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