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| Date: | Apr 1, 2015 9:30pm |
| Organized by: | D-CAF - Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival |
| Venue: | Zawya |
| Address: | 15 Emad El Deen St, Cairo, Egypt |
| Admission: | 25 |
| Event Language: | Arabic, Turkish, English with English/ Arabic Subtitles |
| Website: | www.facebook.com/events/1588716511415517/ www.d-caf.org/day/?date=20150401 |
Weaving together music, politics and storytelling, ‘The Dream of Shahrazad’ explores recent social and political events in Egypt, Turkey and Lebanon through the metaphor of ‘The 1001 Nights’. Drawing on Shahrazad, the princess who saves lives by telling stories, a youth orchestra conductor, a Cairean storytelling troupe, a troubled Lebanese actress and various others all put art to new political use.
Directed by: François Verster
Production: Undercurrent Film & Television
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 107mins
Language: Arabic, Turkish, English
Subtitles: English/ Arabic
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