Brides of Allah (Shahida)
UK PREMIERE
Filmmaker: Natalie Assouline
Israel / 2008 / 75 mins / subtitles
Awards: FIPRESCI Award winner, Berlin IFF Forum 2008
ICA Cinema 2 8.40pm / ICA Cinema 2 Tue 10 Mar 6.45pm
UK Premiere of FIPRESCI Award winner, Berlin IFF Forum 2008, gives voice to the young women serving time for failed suicide attacks.
Israeli director Natalie Assouline chronicles the lives of women, mostly young mothers, serving time in prison for involvement in failed suicide attacks. Filmed over two years, this intimate portrait strives to unearth the human motivations behind their would-be fatal actions. With the women's heads and feelings firmly covered, the film provides no easy answers, and the heart-breaking tension between humanity and ideology will provoke condemnation and sympathy in equal measure.
Natalie Assouline
Natalie Assouline was born in Israel in 1972. Her first documentary film Final Goodbye (2002) took part in the IDFA Silver Wolf Competition, and won the Best Film Prize at Docaviv. Brides of Allah (Shahida) is her first full length documentary.
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