Wednesday Night Southeast Asia Movie
October 7, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Mānoa Campus, St. John Plant Science Lab Auditorium (basement)
Wadjda
Saudi Arabia (2012, 98 min)
Arabic w/English subtitles
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Screenplay: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Music: Max Richter, Yousif Al Ali (composer/performer)
Cinematography: Lutz Reitemeier
Cast: Reem Abdullah (Mother), Waad Mohammed (Wadjda), Abdullrahman Al Gohani (Abdullah), Ahd (Ms. Hussa), Sultan Al Assaf (Father)
Wadjda芒鈧漷he first full-length feature film to be made entirely in Saudi Arabia, and the first feature from the female director Haifaa Al-Mansour芒鈧漷urns a little girl芒鈧劉s quest to earn the money for her own bicycle into a poignant fable about growing up female (and growing up, period) in a place where women芒鈧劉s autonomy is severely restricted.
As simple as the story seems on the surface, there芒鈧劉s sharp social commentary embedded in every scene. This isn芒鈧劉t a fist-shaking feminist manifesto but a sympathetic portrait of a hidebound patriarchal culture in gradual transition to greater openness. Director Haifaa Al-Mansour gives us a stunningly assured debut, a slyly subversive delight, and one of my favorite movies of the year so far.
芒鈧 Dana Stevens, Slate
Ticket Information
Free and open to the public
Event Sponsor
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Mānoa Campus
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(808) 956-2688, cseas@hawaii.edu,