Ousmane Samassekou s Malian Film The Last Shelter Wins Main Prize at CPH:DOX yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
and her film
a combative study of sexual assault in contemporary Egypt and an examination of the self.
Alqadi s film begins The inspiration for it
the public rape of Alqadi s
friend on the night an explosion of violence against women rippled through Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
As the Palestinian-raised Alqadi begins to document protests and anti-rape patrols in the city, she also turns the camera on herself after she becomes pregnant, exploring what it means to be a woman in the Middle East. As she notes in her
director’s
statement, her hope for the film is to “open a wider debate that can encourage women to show their power, demand their rights
Graham Foundation Announces 2020 Organization Grant Recipients archinect.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archinect.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.