Video · David Alamouti / UAL Research Online
A Theatre of Truth
Alamouti’s portrait follows fiction and theatre, including Rabihavi’s work with Harold Pinter.
- Credited to
- David Alamouti · documentary subject Ghazi Rabihavi
- Publication / collection
- David Alamouti / UAL Research Online
- Source date
- Filmmaker · 2013; UAL item and broadcast · May 2016
- Original language
- Not established
- Format
- Documentary · single-screen video
- Recorded duration
- 25 minutes · filmmaker; 30 minutes · UAL
Archive · Vimeo · David Alamouti
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Not established · 25 minutes · filmmaker; 30 minutes · UAL
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Vimeo required an account in the browser check on 4 October 2026; an ordinary public-source request also did not recover the film. UAL’s descriptive record remains available through Sources & credits.
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A writer through another filmmaker’s lens
David Alamouti’s documentary considers Rabihavi’s writing and theatre, including the collaboration with Harold Pinter around Look Europe! The filmmaker and UAL describe BBC World Service commissioning and broadcast. Rabihavi is the subject of this portrait; these records credit Alamouti as its creator. Source 1 · Source 2
Two records, two sets of fields
Alamouti’s page gives 2013 and 25 minutes. UAL gives an item date of 1 May 2016 and 30 minutes, with BBC World Television listed for a May 2016 broadcast. An original-and-revised-cut history has not been established. UAL’s April 2022 deposit is a repository event, separate from both film dates. Source 1 · Source 2
Finding the film
UAL supplies the Vimeo link and a descriptive account. The retained Vimeo page requires sign-in. English page descriptions do not establish the film’s spoken language, subtitles or complete transcript; those remain distinct accessibility fields. Source 1 · Source 3
Availability & access
- Available material
- UAL’s descriptive record is open and links the film. The retained Vimeo destination requires sign-in.
- Reading / listening access
- English descriptive records are available. The recording’s language, captions and complete spoken transcript are not established.
- Reproduction
- The recording remains with its credited publisher and creators. No reproduction licence is established here; consult the originating source for use beyond listening or viewing there.
Sources & credits
- UAL Research Online · A Theatre of Truth
Creator David Alamouti; item date 1 May 2016; 30 minutes; BBC World Television, May 2016. The April 2022 deposit and February 2026 modification are repository dates.
- David Alamouti · Ghazi Rabihavi
The filmmaker’s retained page gives 2013 and 25 minutes, and BBC World Service commissioning and broadcast. The relationship to UAL’s differing date and runtime is not established.
- Vimeo · A Theatre of Truth
The film link supplied by UAL. The retained page requires sign-in and supplies no accessible film transcript.