Looking for Oum Kulthum / In Search of Umm Kulthum = Auf der Suche nach Oum Kulthum
Barcode: 58963300
Call Number: V-ARA 178
Material Type: Video -DVD
Time: 87 min.
Date: 2017
System Requirements: Region 2
Language: Arabic AND Farsi AND English, dubbed German
Creator: Directed by Shirin Neshat
Description: A film within a film, Looking for Oum Kulthum is the plight of an Iranian woman artist/filmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendry female singer of the Arab world, Oum Kulthum. Through her difficult journey, not unlike her heroine’s, she has to face the struggles, sacrifices and the price that a woman has to pay if she dares to cross the lines of a conservative male dominated society.
Subjects: Drama
Collection: Language Resource Center