
It’sOctober2019,andfourprogressivewomenaredocumentingtheuprisinginBeirut.TheyarejournalistHanine,IraqicamerawomanLujain,andNoelandMichelle,twoartistsisterswhoseoften-ironicsongshavemadethemavoicefortheirgeneration.Theprevailingmoodisoneofhopeandchange.Butafewmonthslater,Covid-19haslockeddownthecity,andalloptimismseemstohaveevaporated.<br/> Thisnon-chronologicalaccountofatumultuousperiodinrecentLebanesehistoryloopsbackandforthbetweenuprisingandlockdown,withthefourwomencallingeachotherandthefilm’sdirectorMaiMasrionvideo.Theyexpresstheiropinionsaboutcurrenteventsandplacethemintohistoricalperspective,butalsoofferglimpsesintotheirpersonallives.<br/> ThedevastatingblowoftheexplosionatthePortofBeirut,justtenmonthsaftertheuprising,wasstilltocome.WilltheyoungwomenbeabletoholdontotheirdreamofanewLebanon?