We Are Not Princesses

Showings

Roxie Theatre Sun, Jun 9, 2019 4:46 PM
Film Info
Director:Bridgette Auger
Itab Azzam
Film Category:Theater
Art
Middle East
Local Filmmaker
Running Time:75 min.
Country:USA
UK

Description

This refreshing film offers a unique peek into the private lives of women who have survived unspeakable sorrow, yet blossom through the healing power of art. During a theater workshop in a Lebanese refugee camp, four Syrian women discover they have a lot in common with the ancient Greek heroine, Antigone, and experience freedoms forbidden in their homeland. Told with humor and heart, We Are Not Princesses elicits intimacy and honesty from its unlikely group of thespians. -CM

 

Co-presented by Bay Area Video Coalition and Arab Film and Media Institute.