Project Detail

Let My Body Speak

Synopsis

This film follows a personal and intimate journey exploring the repression experienced by the filmmaker during her childhood when she faced sexual control in Damascus. Through the creative use of family archive mixed with current footage of her body she reconstructs the pain of the past absorbed by her body.

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10 min 6 sec
Director
Madonna Adib
Producer
Noe Mendelle
Executive Producer
Loran Dunn
Editor
Sandra Fatte
Screenwriter
Madonna Adib
Director of Photography
Elsy Hajjar
Sound
Aram Abbas

Production Status

Production Company

Scottish Documentary Institute

74 Lauriston Place
Edinburgh
EH3 9DF

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