When a doctor runs for office in Saudi Arabia, her campaign gathers unexpected momentum in this assured drama by Wadjda director Haifaa al-Mansour
With oil no longer at the premium it was, and Saudi Arabia’s government reportedly compelled to make concessions to western-style novelties such as feminism, we have seen something of an opening up. In the movies, that has given us the work of Haifaa al-Mansour, the first woman to make a Saudi Arabian feature film with her widely admired 2012 debut, Wadjda, about a 10-year-old girl who enters a Koran-reading competition so she can buy a bike with the cash prize.
Related: Haifaa Al-Mansour: 'Female leaders are crushed. Look at Hillary Clinton'...
With oil no longer at the premium it was, and Saudi Arabia’s government reportedly compelled to make concessions to western-style novelties such as feminism, we have seen something of an opening up. In the movies, that has given us the work of Haifaa al-Mansour, the first woman to make a Saudi Arabian feature film with her widely admired 2012 debut, Wadjda, about a 10-year-old girl who enters a Koran-reading competition so she can buy a bike with the cash prize.
Related: Haifaa Al-Mansour: 'Female leaders are crushed. Look at Hillary Clinton'...
- 3/25/2020
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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