While watching the local TV news, one of the women female candidates, a fresh young face in Beirut was on a talk show. Nayla Tueni is the daughter of journalist Gibran Tueni. The family started one of the major newspapers in the country 75 years ago. Her father won in the 2005 parliamentary elections, but was assassinated shortly after.
I filmed 2 talk shows she was on. The mood of elections is very focused on other urgent matters of fights between the 2 major political blocks. Wondering if I should have chosen a production time outside the elections.
I started contacting production freelancers hoping to line up an AD/PA. Visited a production company and starting getting in the gear of action. Filmed Broll from the car, billboards, conversations with family and friends recording their views on current politics.
I stumbled by chance upon the new offices of LADE that moved to a bigger fancier building close to where they used to be. Everyone I talk says good things about Ziad Baroud, the minister of interior who used to be secretary general of the organization.