Four films reflect the realities of Palestinian women: documentary screening in Ramallah
Ramallah
/ PNN – Four Palestinian documentaries are screening in Ramallah early next
month. Produced in collaboration with the European Union, the films were translated
into English and reflect the reality of Palestinian women.
The
documentaries vary in content and in artistic vision and method. The director
of the Screens project said that the women’s films were done with a high level
of professionalism that reflects the realities and aspirations of women with
boldly creative artistry.
Palestine
and Morocco won EU support for the project with collaboration in film
production and local media that support the rights of women.
Director
Ghaida Terawi made a film about women who have been subjected to sexual abuse,
“but who were too weak to cry out or rebel against their painful reality.”
Sawsun
Kaoud’s documentary focuses on three women who, desperate from poverty, sit on
the street to sell produce.
Samia
Barakat’s film addresses education in Jerusalem and the perseverance and
strength of character of women.
Filmmaker
Dima Abu Ghosh explores adolescence in her film.
“The
path of the film projects in Palestine is remarkable, and provides an excellent
opportunity to show a positive image of Palestinian women, and at the same time
the challenges facing them,” the Information Officer in the European Union
commented today.
While
each film has a different vision, watching the four together they come together
as a mirror on the scene that is consistent with the reality of Palestinian
women.
And
draws a different vision for each film, but when you look at the four films
from the perspective of the mirror on the Palestinian scene can be consistent
artistic vision of the reality of Palestinian women.
The
opening will be held in early October at the Cultural Palace in Ramallah.
Further screenings are planned throughout the month in collaboration with nine
Palestinian universities and seven local television stations.