Overview
They are clad in the religiously correct abaja, are not allowed to drive and yet still go their own way with confidence. In pioneering work, a new generation of women in Saudi Arabia are fighting for positions as politicians, lawyers, editors-in-chief and entrepreneurs for the first time. A documentary about courageous women who are developing ideas about what the strictly conservative kingdom needs for its future.
Production
Hanfgarn & Ufer Filmproduktion · ARTE · DW · ZDF
Cast & Characters
Erich Räuker
Narrator
Nadja Schulz-Berlinghoff
Narrator
Sabine Degebrodt
Narrator
Directors & Crew
Carmen Butta
Director
Gunter Hanfgarn
Producer
More Like This
What Is a Woman?
2022
Raising Renee
2011
The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits
2017
From Mother to Daughter
1968
Bone Wind Fire
2011
No Kids for Me, Thanks!
2015
New Generation Queens: A Zanzibar Soccer Story
2015
The Goddesses of Food
2017
Yellow Fever
2012
Himalaya: The Land of Women
2012