Hope , Fraud, ....Freedom? The 2009 Iranian Election
The Green Wave
By Ali Samadi Ahadi
Cinema Guild, 2011, 80 minutes
The Green Wave
By Ali Samadi Ahadi
Cinema Guild, 2011, 80 minutes
Women of Turkey: Between Islam and Secularism
A film by Olga Nakkas
Turkey/Lebanon
WMM, 2006
In the Name of the Family
A film by Shelley Saywell
WMM, Canada, 2010, 60 minutes
Shelley Saywell’s "In the Name of the Family"provides an in-depth investigation of “honor killings” of girls in Muslim immigrant families. The documentary tells the story of three North American teenagers (Aqsa Parvez along with sisters Amina and Sarah Said) and one college student (Fauzia Muhammad), who were all victims of honor killings by male members of their family. Fauzia Muhammad was the only one among them who survived.
Rachel
By Simon Bitton
100 minutes, subtitles French, Hebrew and Arabic
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 2009
Contemporary debates about the role of Islam in modern Middle-Eastern societies are often captive to the vocabulary of “moderate vs. extremist,” leaving little room for discussions that move beyond these black and white distinctions. Fortunately, Mohammed Ali Atassi’s recently released documentary about the late Egyptian “liberal” Islamic intellectual Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd is a rare exception.
Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi
Directed by Ian Olds
The Cinema Guild, 2009
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk: The Birth of a Republic
A Film by Séverine Labat, 2005
Icarus Films
The Koran: The Origins of the Book
A Film by Bruno Ulmer, 2009
ICARUS FILMS
Unveiled Views: Muslim Women Artists Speak Out
Directed by Alba Sotorra
Women Make Movies, 2009
This Way Up
Directed by Georgi Lazarevski
Icarus Films, 2008