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LADY KUL EL-ARAB

Director:

  Ibtisam Mara'ana
  

Year Released:

  2006

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4.5 out of 5

4 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Duah Fares
  Duah's Family
  Israeli Contestants
  Palestinian Contestants
  Druze Hierarchy
Movie Haiku:CFIC 2008: Young woman from a Druze village in Israel faces an unusual but very tough decision. Should she compete in a Palestinian beauty pagent to become "Lady of All the Arabs" or aim high for the title Miss Israel? Excellent doc captures all the complexities of an inherently dramatic & very real "coming of age" story.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2008