The Invisible Hands
2017 Documentary, Greece/Egypt, digital video, 97 minutes
Plot Outline: Maverick underground American/Lebanese musician and ethnomusicologist Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls and Sublime Frequencies), lands as a stranger in Cairo, soon after the 2011 uprisings, and teams up with three young Egyptian musicians for the translation of his old songs into Arabic. Under Bishop’s mentorship, this unlikely collaboration transforms into a band, The Invisible Hands. Structured around fly-on-the-wall scenes, archival ghost apparitions, absurd cameos, and poetic diary narrations by Bishop and unfolding between the two critical elections that marked the post “Arab Spring” period in Egypt, the film juxtaposes the tragicomedy of politics and art-making in a troubled periphery.

with ALAN BISHOP, AYA HEMEDA, CHERIF EL MASRI, ADHAM ZIDAN
Director MARINA GIOTI
Co-director GEORGES SALAMEH
Executive ATHINA RACHEL TSANGARI
Produced by MARINA GIOTI & GEORGES SALAMEH
A VERTIGINOUS Production in co-production with HAOS FILM
Supported by DOCUMENTA 14 & THE GREEK FILM CENTRE

more info: http://firemuseumpresents.com/events/the-invisible-hands-documentary/

Admission is FREE/Donation Requested