Looking for Oum Kulthum

Looking for Oum Kulthum

90 mins | Music | Sept. 11, 2017

A film within a film, "Looking for Oum Kulthum" is the plight of an Iranian woman artist/filmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the Arab world, Oum Kulthum. Through her difficult journey, not unlike her heroine's, she has to face the struggles, sacrifices and the price that a woman has to pay if she dares to cross the lines of a conservative male dominated society.

Looking for Oum Kulthum

90 mins | Music | Sept. 11, 2017

Looking for Oum Kulthum
A film within a film, "Looking for Oum Kulthum" is the plight of an Iranian woman artist/filmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the Arab world, Oum Kulthum. Through her difficult journey, not unlike her heroine's, she has to face the struggles, sacrifices and the price that a woman has to pay if she dares to cross the lines of a conservative male dominated society.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers
Original title Looking for Oum Kulthum
Directors Shoja Azari, Shirin Neshat
Writers Shoja Azari, Shirin Neshat, Ahmad Diba