Originally intended as a film about internationally renowned feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi, Hidden Faces develops into a fascinating portrayal of Egyptian women’s lives in Muslim society. In this collaborative documentary, Safaa Fathay, a young Egyptian woman living in Paris, returns home to interview the famed writer and activist, but becomes disillusioned with her. Illuminated by passages from El Saadawi’s work, the film follows Fathay’s journey to her family home and discovers similar complex frictions between modernity and tradition. Her mother’s decision to return to the veil after twenty years and her cousins’ clitoridectomies reveal a disturbing renewal of fundamentalism. This absorbing documentary broaches the contradictions of feminism in a Muslim environment; a startling, unforgettable picture of contemporary women in the Arab world.

Harry A. Sprague Library Collection

Saʻdāwī, Nawāl, Muslim women -- Egypt -- Social conditions, Women -- Egypt -- Social conditions, Feminism -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century, Sex customs -- Egypt, Egypt -- Social life and customs

Longinotto, Kim (producer), Hunt, Claire (producer), Fathay, Safaa (producer), Mister, John (editor), Twentieth Century Vixen (Firm) (producer), Channel Four (Great Britain) (producer), Women make movies (distributor)

00:53:07 (HH:MM:SS)

English

adult/continuing education, higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college

Name	Women Make Movies
Role	distributor
Telephone	212-925-0606
Address	462 Broadway, STE 500, New York, NY 10013
Email	[email protected]

1990-01-01

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