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Kamal Joumblatt, Witness and Martyr

Kamal Joumblatt, Witness and Martyr

2015 · 96 min · ★ 10.0 · Documentary

Kamal Jumblatt, the Master of Moukhtara Castle, recounts the major events of his life until his assassination on March 16, 1977. The film takes us on a global journey from Lebanon to India, in the footsteps of Kamal Jumblatt, the founder of the PSP (Progressive Socialist Party), the leader, the rebel, the reformer, the thinker, the poet, the Yogi … Kamal Jumblatt (1917-1977) becomes the last witness... of his own life.

Directed by Hady Zaccak

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