By Jason Apuzzo. We like to periodically put a spotlight on short films here at Libertas, and this recent short film above called “The Arab Spring” caught my eye over at Vimeo. The film is essentially an abstract representation of the historic events of the Arab Spring, and is quite polished in terms of its graphic design and sound. Take a look. We wish filmmaker Raoul Marks the best with it.
[UPDATE: The filmmaker has made the decision to remove the film from Vimeo. See the comments from filmmaker Raoul Marks in the comments section below.]
[UPDATE #2: The film is now back up, with a minor alteration.]
Posted on November 30th, 2011 at 11:40am.
Thanks for the support Jason.
Although it was really supposed to be a positive piece about the birth of a movement. Some people are interpreting it as a negative thing and responding agressively. So unfortunately i’ve had to remove it.
Raoul, I’m so sorry to learn this. For what it’s worth, I think you did a marvelous job, and I certainly took the piece as positive.
They made the video “private”. 🙁
OK. Its back up now.
The reference to, although not intentional, the Ka’abal was offensive to some people. Which I can understand. Some of the imagery has been changed to reduce the link people where making between the two.
Again, to reiterate, I’m a huge supporter of the Arab Spring. Just in case anyone was wondering.
Thanks!
Thanks for the update, Raoul.