DOCUMENTARY
Queen Khantarisha (2009) 53min Queen Khantarisha presents two Israeli-Yemenite women writers in their sixties: A songwriter and lyricist of love, who also stands behind some of the hottest hits that resonate in Yemeni clubs and weddings, and a Jerusalem-born poet and writer, whose
writing, touching on demons, madness, rape, and rebellion, has garnered her
community's denunciation.
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Queen Khantarisha presents two Israeli-Yemenite women writers in their sixties: A songwriter and lyricist of love, who also stands behind some of the hottest hits that resonate in Yemeni clubs and weddings, and a Jerusalem-born poet and writer, whose
writing, touching on demons, madness, rape, and rebellion, has garnered her
community's denunciation. The film explores the personal costs of straddling the ambitions of creative expression and the restraints of conservative communities requiring subservience.
| Date |
Screening |
Venue |
Tickets |
Thu 12/10 |
5:30pm |
SVA Theatres |
Sold Out |
Sun 12/13 |
12:30pm |
SVA Theatres |
Sold Out |