Persistent 10-year-old Wadjda would like nothing more than a new bicycle so she can beat her friend (a boy) in a race. But it is going to take some ingenuity to get one--especially in her culture, which sees bikes as a threat to a girl's virtue. Hard to sit through a movie when all you want to do is smack some male faces (and some females too) for their archaic view of females to include children and the impression that females are of no value. While Wadjda schemes for her bicycle, mom has problems of her own with a disrespectful and absent husband. It is amazing how many ways there are to treat women and girls badly. I give it a 10 and think it should be required viewing in all political science and American History classes. You leave the theater knowing and thankful you are an American and can walk or drive freely down a street. Stars Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Sulton Al Assaf.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Wadjda
Persistent 10-year-old Wadjda would like nothing more than a new bicycle so she can beat her friend (a boy) in a race. But it is going to take some ingenuity to get one--especially in her culture, which sees bikes as a threat to a girl's virtue. Hard to sit through a movie when all you want to do is smack some male faces (and some females too) for their archaic view of females to include children and the impression that females are of no value. While Wadjda schemes for her bicycle, mom has problems of her own with a disrespectful and absent husband. It is amazing how many ways there are to treat women and girls badly. I give it a 10 and think it should be required viewing in all political science and American History classes. You leave the theater knowing and thankful you are an American and can walk or drive freely down a street. Stars Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Sulton Al Assaf.
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