Dance of outlaws / directed by Mohamed El Aboudi ; produced by Venla Hellstedt.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

El Aboudi, Mohamed, director.

Hellstedt, Venla, producer.

Alexander Street Press.

Danmarks radio, publisher.

Series:

Filmakers Library online

Filmakers library online

Language:

Arabic

Subjects (All):

Women.

Prostitution.

Morocco.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (59 min.)

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen, Copenhagen (County) : Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 2012.

Language Note:

This edition in Arabic with English subtitles.

Summary:

A film about a woman who doesn't exist. Moroccan Hind was raped and consequently denied an official identity - she has no other choice but to work as a prostitute and traditional wedding dancer, but despite the odds of her situation, refuses to give up her dream of dignity, motherhood and love. This is a story of modern day outlaws, children of prostitutes, abandoned child brides and those who have had to escape to the fringes of patriarchal Moroccan society. Through the eyes of one young woman we see a life of constant struggle, but also a life free of the society's norms and boundaries. The woman in the center of the film, Hind is both vulnerable and courageous as she tries to regain her life, her children and her mere right to live as an equal human being in the 21st century.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 14, 2014).

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Filmakers library online). Available via World Wide Web.

Martil Film Festival, Morocco, Best Director of Documentaries, 2013; Tampere Film Festival, Tampere, Finland. Special Prize of the Jury, 2013; DokuFest, Prizren, Kosovo, Human Rights Award, 2013; Locarno International Film Festival, Semaine de la critique, Locarno, Switzerland. Premio Zonta Club Locarno -prize, 2012

OCLC:

881523377

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.