TALKING HEADS [muslim women]
Director FATHIMA NIZARUDDIN
Countries India, India
Duration 27 min
Synopsis
The documentary is a satirical response to the way mainstream media looks at Muslim women as 'victims'. The director who is also a Muslim woman is troubled by this image and sets out to make a 'positive' film about Muslim women. Z, the fictional narrator of the film cynically reviews the filmmaker's efforts. The film points out that every image is as much about its maker as it is about the subject
The documentary is a satirical response to the way mainstream media looks at Muslim women as 'victims'. The director who is also a Muslim woman is troubled by this image and sets out to make a 'positive' film about Muslim women. Z, the fictional narrator of the film cynically reviews the filmmaker's efforts. The film points out that every image is as much about its maker as it is about the subject