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Catalog  New Release Desert Brides |
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Desert Brides
Israel, 2008 | Documentary, 90 min., | Video
Director:
Ada Ushpiz
Script: Ada Ushpiz
Producers: Ada Ushpiz
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| Synopsis |
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Miriam El Kwader, a Bedouin wedding photographer and mother of seven, living in an unknown and neglected Negev village, reveals through her camera lens, the world of Bedouin weddings; the most distressing issue revealed is polygamy.
This is the story of three, relatively educated and independent women, trying to survive, each in their own way in their world – a life of polygamy. One is a "first wife", living in constant fear that her husband will bring home a second wife. The other two are pushed into marrying already married men, and become "second wives", forced to cooperate within a structure they despise or are afraid of.
The family tragedies presented in this film, highlight the strength and survival of the social structures and their injustices; leaning usually on the victims`` partial cooperation.
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Awards and Festivals |
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Awards:
Winner - DocAviv International Film festival
Winner- Israeli international Womens Film Festival
Winner- Best Cinematagrapghy, Israeli Academy Documentary awards |
Festivals:
LA Israeli Film Festival, 2009
Israeli Consulate Cultural Centre, Brazil 2009
Beeld voor Beeld FF, 2009
San Fransisco Jewish Film Festival 2009
Femina Womens FF, Brazil, 2009
OnFilm festival, Northfolk, Virginia, 2009
Belfast Film Festival - Maysles Brothers Competition, 2009
Thessaloniki DocMarket 2009
Tartu Festival of Visual Cuture- Estonia, 2009
Other Israel Film Festival 2008
Israeli Women`s International FF- Israel, 2008
Watch Docs -Poland, 2008
IDFA,Docs For Sale 2008
Dok Leipzig- Germany, 2008
Docaviv - Israel, 2008
Kent University
Hebrew University
Ottawa Library
Golden Apricot - Armenia Int. Film festival, 2009
Parnu International Film Festival, 2009
Viscult Ethnograpghic FF, Iceland, 2009
Israeli Documentary Festival, Cape Town 2009
International Documentary Encounters Bogogta, Columbia, 2009
Taiwan Int. Ethnographic FF, 2009
Golden Panda Awards, 2009
CMCA Awards, Rencontres d’Averroès, 2009
1001 Documentary FF, Istanbul 2009 |
More Credits |
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| Script: Ada Ushpiz |
| Production Company: AU Films |
| Co-Production Company: Ada Ushpiz |
| Camera: Danor Glazer
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| Editor: Ron Goldman |
| Original Music: Eli Soorani
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| Original Language: Hebrew, Arabic |
| Subtitles: English, Hebrew |
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