Filming in the Shadow of War: Rakan Mayasi's "Yesterday the Eye Didn't Sleep" as Testimony to Resilience Rakan Mayasi's debut feature, "Yesterday the Eye Didn't Sleep," premiered at Cannes this year.
This powerful and atmospheric tale of two Bedouin sisters navigating patriarchal rituals in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley was inspired by his grandmother's forced marriage at 14.
The film's shooting process was anything but straightforward. Mayasi and his team had to navigate the harsh realities of war torn Lebanon, where Israeli jets occasionally bombed the region while they filmed.