Words of Witness

? %
USA / Egypt, 2012, 70 min

Directed by:

Mai Iskander

Screenplay:

Mai Iskander

Cinematography:

Mai Iskander

Composer:

Barbara Cohen
(more professions)

Plots(1)

How does society organise itself after the revolution and what role do the media play in this? As a journalist at the English-language edition of the daily newspaper, Al-Masry Al-Youm, her daughter is at the forefront of events as both an observer and protagonist. Finally things can be reported freely and Heba doesn’t need to be told twice – except by her mother, who even though she now has a modern Facebook account, is still of the opinion that a respectable girl has no business being out on the streets alone. (DOK.fest München)

(more)