Scheherazade's Diary

Summary In 2012, after a 10 months drama therapy workshop, the women inmates of a Beirut prison presented their play Scheherazade in Baabda inside prison to the audience. This film follows the women during these 10 months. The women tell their stories showing how difficult it is to be a woman in Lebanon, and in general in the Arab world, which is governed by a patriarchal mentality. They convey the voices of all women who are imprisoned by oppressive mentalities which in many cases lead women to crime. View more details

Scheherazade's Diary

Directed : Zeina Daccache

Written : Zeina Daccache

Stars : Unknown

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Genres : Crime Drama Documentary

Release date : Dec 4, 2013

Countries of origin : Lebanon

Language : English Arabic

Filming locations : Lebanon

Production companies : Catharsis

Summary In 2012, after a 10 months drama therapy workshop, the women inmates of a Beirut prison presented their play Scheherazade in Baabda inside prison to the audience. This film follows the women during these 10 months. The women tell their stories showing how difficult it is to be a woman in Lebanon, and in general in the Arab world, which is governed by a patriarchal mentality. They convey the voices of all women who are imprisoned by oppressive mentalities which in many cases lead women to crime. View more details

Details

Genres : Crime Drama Documentary

Release date : Dec 4, 2013

Countries of origin : Lebanon

Language : English Arabic

Filming locations : Lebanon

Production companies : Catharsis

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