‘Leila and the Wolves’ (Lebanon, 1984) directed by Lebanese Marxist Heiny Srour. A film drawing on oral tradition and collective memory about the vital role and sacrifices of Lebanese and Palestinian women against colonialism, while concurrently dealing with patriarchy. 1/3
‘Leila and the Wolves’ (Lebanon, 1984) directed by Heiny Srour. Srour was born in Beirut in 1945 and was invested in documenting anticolonial and feminist liberation movements in Oman, Vietnam and Palestine. 2/3
‘Leila and the Wolves’ (Lebanon, 1984) directed by Heiny Srour. The film was miraculously shot in Lebanon, Syria and England with the support of Srour’s notable Syrian contemporaries Mohammad Malas and Omar Amiralay. 3/3
A great thread about Heiny Srour’s film about the Dhofar Rebellion and vital context into what inspired her, as well as some key details about the conflict https://twitter.com/lilearthquakess/status/1010214166198661120
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