SCHEHERAZADE’S DIARY

Zeina DACCACHE - Lebanon

Synopsis

Imprisoned women, whether mothers or daughters, take center stage in Scheherazade’s Diary, a documentary filmed throughout the drama therapy/theatre project set up by Zeina Daccache in 2012 in Lebanon’s Baabda Prison. The women inmates mine the depths of personal experience and confront patriarchy as they prepare and present the first theatre play staged inside an Arab women’s prison.

Film details

Genre : Feature Documentary
Duration : 80 minutes
Year of production : 2013
Country : Lebanon
Screenwriter : Zeina Daccache
Cinematography : Jocelyne Abi Gebrayel
Editor : Michele Tyan
Director : Zeina DACCACHE
Production company : CATHARSIS






She works as a drama therapist, director and documentary film-maker in various settings in Lebanon. Drama therapy sessions often result in an artistic product that gives special constituencies a tool for self-advocacy, thereby communicating their message to society and decision-makers and lobbying for policy change.