Director Nadine Labaki on the Real Stories Behind Her Oscar-nominated Movie Capernaum

In Capernaum, her latest film, Nadine Labaki, the Lebanese actor and director tells the story of the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon through the eyes of a young Syrian boy living in a Beirut slum. The film (whose title is also synonymous with chaos or confusion in Arabic), has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a Golden Globe for Best Picture, Foreign Language, and won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival last year. Reminiscent of Salaam Bombay, Mira Nair’...