Documentary portrait
Ghazi Rabihavi: A Theatre of Truth
David Alamouti’s documentary about Rabihavi’s writing and theatre, commissioned and broadcast by the BBC World Service.
2013 filmmaker · 2014 Solent/Westminster · 2016 UAL records
Runtime: 25 minutes, filmmaker · 30 minutes, UAL
The work and its context
David Alamouti’s documentary considers Rabihavi’s fiction and theatre, including his relationship with Harold Pinter around Look Europe! Both the filmmaker’s page and UAL Research Online identify BBC World Service commissioning and broadcast. Rabihavi is the subject of this portrait; these records do not credit him as its director or writer. Source 46 · Source 47
Alamouti’s page dates the film 2013 and gives 25 minutes. UAL’s retained and directly checked record instead gives 1 May 2016 and 30 minutes, with BBC World Television listed as the location of a May 2016 broadcast. The differing dates and durations are preserved as source facts, without assuming an undocumented original-and-revised-cut history. Source 46 · Source 47
The institutional entries at Solent and Westminster add another date: both catalogue the documentary as published on 15 March 2014, attribute it to David Alamouti and link the same Vimeo address. Solent identifies English as the original language; both descriptions credit BBC World Service commissioning and broadcast. These are separate repository fields, without a verified explanation of how the 2013, 2014 and 2016 dates relate to production, broadcast or particular cuts. Source 52 · Source 53
Creative credits
- Filmmaker / repository creator
- David Alamouti
- Documentary subject
- Ghazi Rabihavi
- Commissioning and broadcast, source descriptions
- BBC World Service
Outward viewing links
Linked by the filmmaker and UAL Research Online. The retained Vimeo page requires sign-in. Source 46 · Source 47
Sources and distinctions
UAL Research Online: A Theatre of Truth
Institutional creator and film record. The retained and directly checked entry gives David Alamouti, 1 May 2016 and 30 minutes, with BBC World Television/May 2016 as broadcast location. These fields differ from the filmmaker’s record.
David Alamouti: Ghazi Rabihavi
Filmmaker’s own page. Gives 2013 and 25 minutes, with BBC World Service commissioning and broadcast. Its relationship to UAL’s 2016/30-minute record remains unresolved.
Solent University: Ghazi Rabihavi documentary record
Retained institutional research-output record names David Alamouti, an English original language and a publication date of 15 March 2014. It links the same Vimeo film address. This catalogue field differs from the filmmaker’s 2013 entry and UAL’s 2016 record; it does not establish a separate cut.
University of Westminster: Ghazi Rabihavi documentary record
Retained institutional entry attributes the documentary to David Alamouti and gives 15 March 2014, BBC World Service commissioning/broadcast and Vimeo 187544147. Its date agrees with Solent’s catalogue, while the relation to the other dates and durations remains unresolved.