Scheherazade, Tell me a Story ArtMattan Productions

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Infobase, film distributor.

ArtMattan Productions (Firm)

Language:

Arabic

Genre:

Internet videos

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 12 min., 36 sec)) sound

Distribution:

New York, N.Y. Distributed by Infobase, 2016

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : ArtMattan Productions , [2009]

System Details:

Streaming video file

System requirements: FOD playback platform

video file

Summary:

Directed by Yousry Nasrallah. Hebba, a television show host in contemporary Cairo, presents a successful political talk show on a privately owned network. Karim, her husband, is deputy editor in chief of a government-owned newspaper. His ambition is to become editor in chief. He is led to believe by the party leaders, that his wife's constant meddling with opposition politics could put his promotion in danger. Using his boyish charm and sexual prowess, he convinces Hebba to stay away from politics, and devote her program to social issues for which the government cannot be held responsible. She starts a series of talk shows around issues involving women. She listens to the stories of resilient, strong women, who, like Scheherazade in A Thousand and One Nights, tell their stories to stay alive. Hebba knows, of course, that women's issues are political. But she could not imagine up to which extent. Gradually, she finds herself walking in a minefield of abuse, sexual, religious, social and political repression that lead to the break-up of her marriage. From storyteller, Hebba herself becomes a story. Country of Production: Egypt. Some World Cinema titles may contain mature themes or content. Viewer discretion is advised

Contents:

My Lai Massacre (6:15);

Notes:

Originally released by ArtMattan Productions , 2009

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 26, 2016

Title from distributor's description

OCLC:

1143512604

Publisher Number:

110359 Infobase

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license