UPON THE SHADOW

Credits

Name: UPON THE SHADOW

Country: Tunesien

Year of publication: 2017

Format: digital

Color: color

Language : OF m. dt. UT

Duration: 80 Minuten

Direction: Mezni Hafaiedh, Nada

Screenplay: Mezni Hafaiedh, Nada

Camera: Arafa, Ikbal

Sound: Belfekih, Helmi

Actor: Sboui, Amina

Guest: Sboui, Amina

Abstract

“My body belongs to me!” Femen activists scrawled this slogan on their naked bodies in 2013 to make a stand for equality for women. UPON THE SHADOW documents the life of former Femen activist Amina Sboui. She has since turned her back on the women’s rights group, but continues to fight for gender equality. She has set up a houseshare in Tunisia as a place of refuge for friends of hers from the LGBTQI community who are persecuted. She lives with two transvestites, Sandra and Atef, and two homosexuals, Ramy and Ayoub. All have been shunned by their respective families. The film gives us an insight into her inner workings and has an unexpected twist or two in store.

Nada Mezni Hafaiedh’s film puts forward a powerful cinematic plea to bring an end to the rampant homophobia in Tunisian society.