Leila and the Wolves
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- Directed by: Heiny Srour
- Released: 2025 (educational)
- Year of Production: 1984
Running Time: 90 min
Language: Arabic
Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions
Subjects: Middle Eastern Studies, Women Studies
Drawing on the Arab heritage of the ‘Arabian Nights’, Leila and the Wolves combines fictional drama, archival footage, fantasy sequences, mosaic pattern, to refute the colonial and male dominated version of history.
Leila travels across time and space to explore the collective memory of Arab women in Palestine and Lebanon and their hidden role in historical events.
Official Selection at the 2021 La Biennale di Venezia
“Feminist masterwork.”
–The Guardian
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