Camera/Woman

Director
Karima Zoubir
Producer
Karima Zoubir
Year
2012
Spoken
Arabic
Subtitle
English
Country
Morocco
Length
59 min.
Format
DVD
Off
Description

With enthusiastic musicians and ornate wedding parties setting the stage, we meet Khadija, a Moroccan divorcee who works as a camerawoman at weddings in Casablanca. Her mother and her brother strongly disagree with her choice of occupation, complaining that Khadija is out all house and a source of gossip for the neighbors. Already ashamed that Khadija is divorcee, they simply want her to remarry. But Khadija is the breadwinner in the family and she won’t bow to their demands. The fairy tale world of the wedding parties plays in sharp contrast to the difficulties of marriage and the reality of divorce. Together with her best friend Bouchra, also a divorcee, Khadija talks candidly about the issues they face and the competing forces at play in the lives of woman in Morocco ad beyond.