'Scales' Review: A Visually Compelling Feminist Parable Featuring Mermaids
'Scales' Review: A Visually Compelling Feminist Parable Featuring Mermaids 'Scales' Review: A Visually Compelling Feminist Parable Featuring Mermaids Saudi helmer-writer Shahad Ameen offers a bold, and boldly visual, take on the position of women in a patriarchal society. Alissa Simon, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Running time: Running time: 76 MIN. The position of Saudi women as second-class citizens receives a potent metaphoric visualization in Saudi helmer-writer Shahad Ameen’s parable-like debut drama, “Scales.” Revealing more through imagery than dialogue, the tale unfolds on ...
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