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Defiant Beauty: Two Films About Women, Beauty & Bucking Tradition

Lady Kul El Arab

Monday, April 27, 8:30 PM at SIFF CINEMA AT MCCAW HALL

Duah Fares (a.k.a. Angelina) finds herself in the middle of a societal conflict when the traditional values of her village clash with her aspirations to be the first Druze woman to be crowned Miss Israel. Her brave choices put Duah's life and dreams in danger as she attempts to defy her community's ways. Plays with: Tulip Time.

Jerusalem Int'l Film Festival, The Wolgin Awards Competition Winner 2008.

Topics: Druze, Arab Israelis, Beauty Pageants, Women, Family.