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Words of witness / Iskander Films presents in association with Birthmark Films and Chicken and Egg Pictures ; producer, director and cinematographer, Mai Iskander.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afify, Heba.
- Mubārak, Muḥammad Ḥusnī, 1928---Public opinion.
- Mubārak, Muḥammad Ḥusnī.
- Revolutions--Egypt--History--21st century.
- Revolutions.
- Protest movements--Egypt--History--21st century.
- Protest movements.
- Reporters and reporting--Egypt.
- Reporters and reporting.
- Women--Egypt--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Arab Spring, 2010-.
- Egypt--Politics and government--21st century.
- Egypt.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (63 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cinema Guild, 2012.
- Language Note:
- In English and Arabic with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- From the director of multi-award-winning documentary Garbage Dreams, Words of Witness follows a 22-year-old female reporter for the independent newspaper Egypt Independent , as she covers Egypt's transition to democracy, from the heyday of Tahir Square to Egypt's first free and fair presidential election. Defying cultural and gender norms as well as family expectations, Heba takes to the streets to report, using Facebook posts, tweets, and text messages, on an Egypt in turmoil.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 14, 2019).
- Nominated 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival Documentary Award, Best Documentary Feature
- OCLC:
- 889946749
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