Women in struggle by Buthina Canaan Khoury
(Palestine, 2004, 56m)

Comments by Manuela Góis

Storyline: Documentary film about the Palestinian women who were imprisoned in Israel for taking part in the political and armed struggle. The documentary film deals with the effects of those years of incarceration in those women's lives and their perspectives for the future.

Buthina Cannan Khoury: Palestinian film director from Ramallah. In the year of 2000, she founded the Majd Production Company, with the goal of producing documentary films, particularly focusing on issues regarding Palestinian women.

Film with English subtitles.

More information available at: http://www.womeninstruggle.com/wis.html

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Maria's Grotto by Buthina Canaan Khoury
(Palestinae, 2007, 52m)

Comments by Manuela Góis

Storyline: A touching portrait of women whose lives were ruled by a moral code. In this documentary film, Khoury deals with the issue of honour killings in Palestine through the life stories of four women: one is wrongly accused of dishonouring the family and is murdered; the second one, in a late stage of pregnancy, dies after being forced by her brothers to ingest venom; the third one survives multiple stabbings inflicted by her brother; the fourth one is a young hip-hop singer who dares to talk about the honour killings and, for that reason, faces several death threats.

Films with English subtitles.

More information available at: http://www.womeninstruggle.com/j/