As If We Were Catching a Cobra

Name: As If We Were Catching a Cobra
Director: Hala Alabdalla
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-09-09

2012 · 120 min · Documentary

Focusing on the work of cartoonists in Egypt, Algeria, Syria, and Palestine, this documentary examines how comic strips and caricatures are becoming a vehicle for dissent and a voice for freedom of expression in the Arab world.

Directed by Hala Alabdalla

Your Rating

Make it a double feature

3h 28m together

As If We Were Catching a Cobra

Meet the Patels

A close match in mood and era.

More from Hala AlabdallaSee all →

Venice 70: Future Reloaded · 2013

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

★ 5.02013

MovieDramaDocumentary

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.

I Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her Grave · 2006

I Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her Grave

★ 5.02006

MovieDocumentary

Interviews with three Syrian women who live in exile.

Omar Amiralay: Sorrow, Time, Silence · 2021

Omar Amiralay: Sorrow, Time, Silence

2021

MovieDocumentary

Veteran Syrian director Hala Alabdalla returns to LFF with a moving portrait of her late friend and pioneer of Arab non-fiction cinema.

Over the Sand, Under the Sun · 1998

Over the Sand, Under the Sun

1998

MovieDocumentary

Short documentary about political prisoners struggling to come to terms with haunting memories, produced for the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The film presents a reflection on the effects of prison in general and on the theatre director Ghassan Jbaii in particular. The artist used his work to come to terms with his haunting memories and regain the world outside the prison walls.

More Like This

Meet the Patels · 2014

Meet the Patels

★ 7.02014

MovieRomanceComedy

Finding love is never easy. For Ravi Patel, a first generation Indian-American, the odds are slim. His ideal bride is beautiful, smart, funny, family-oriented, kind and—in keeping with tradition—Indian (though hopefully raised in the US). Oh, and her last name should be Patel because in India, Patels usually marry other Patels. And so at 30, Ravi decides to break up with his American girlfriend (the one who by all accounts is perfect for him except for her red hair and American name) and embark on a worldwide search for another Patel longing to be loved. He enlists the help of his matchmaker mother, attends a convention of Patels living in the US and travels to wedding season in India. Witty, honest and heartfelt, this comedy explores the questions with which we all struggle: What is love? What is happiness? And how in the world do we go about finding them?