Abounaddara is a collective of self-taught volunteer filmmakers involved in what they termed “emergency cinema”.  “Abounaddara” translates as “The man with glasses”, referring both to a  common colloquial nickname, as well as to Dziga Vertov’s (1896-1954) “Man with a Movie Camera”. In 2014 the collective was awarded the Sundance Short Film Grand Jury Prize for “Of God and Dogs.”¹

This short film addressees questions concerning the ethics of politcal spectatorship, and the often alienating experience felt by the people closest to the events depicted.