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Layla, Christopher R. Deacy
Layla, Christopher R. Deacy
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Layla (2024), directed by Amrou Al-Kadhi.
Muslim Women In French Cinema: Voices Of Maghrebi Migrants In France, Shreya Parikh
Muslim Women In French Cinema: Voices Of Maghrebi Migrants In France, Shreya Parikh
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp's Muslim Women in French Cinema: Voices of Maghrebi Migrants in France (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2015).
Hala, John C. Lyden
Hala, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Hala (2019), directed by Minhal Baig.
Undoing The Claim Of Objectivity: Contradictions At The Heart Of Bergtji Van Der Haak, Saudi Solutions (2005), Anisa Saeed Mohammed Nasser
Undoing The Claim Of Objectivity: Contradictions At The Heart Of Bergtji Van Der Haak, Saudi Solutions (2005), Anisa Saeed Mohammed Nasser
Journal of Religion & Film
This paper is a study of Bergtji van der Haak, Saudi Solutions (2005). It attempts to question Bergtji van der Haak’s claim of “objective” depiction of Saudi women’s “reality,” as well as the claim of portraying Saudi women through their perspectives as stated in the opening scene. The premise is that the editing strives to undercut the very views of the women that the film is claiming to present, and in the process it duplicates some of the very mechanisms of oppression that the film is denouncing. The documentary’s attempt at ‘subalternizing’ and diminishing Saudi women discloses the subjectivity of …
Salma, John C. Lyden
Salma, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Salma (2013) directed by Kim Longinotto.