film atlas

waheb al-horriyah

hymn of liberty

bilan de la guerre

war generation

hymn of liberty (jean chamoun, 1978)

color grading / film restoration
may 2024

I color-graded the digitized film, compensating for a strong color fading.

The short film is a salute to all the Tricontinental liberation movements, filmed at the Havana World Festival for the Youth and Students in the summer of 1978.

Nighttime event with a large display of flowers arranged to form the flag of Cuba, with rows of people standing in front of it and spectators watching, including a child in the foreground.
Comparison of two vintage images of a person running on a track with a crowd in the background, one with a red tint and one with natural colors.
Neon sign with a globe surrounded by a floral pattern, shown in red, yellow, green, and pink colors. The sign is mounted on the side of a building.
Yasser Arafat wearing sunglasses and a keffiyeh headscarf clapping among a group of men at an outdoor event.