Wadjda -

Wadjda’s journey is not one of loud protests, but of clever navigation.

: By using local actors and real locations, the film captures the tension between tradition and modern desires. Themes of Resilience Wadjda

: Al-Mansour often directed from a van using a walkie-talkie to avoid being seen working with men in public. Wadjda’s journey is not one of loud protests,

The story follows 10-year-old Wadjda, a spunky, Converse-wearing girl living in the suburbs of Riyadh. While her society views cycling as a threat to a girl’s virtue, Wadjda sees a green bicycle in a shop window as her ticket to freedom and a way to beat her friend Abdullah in a race. Breaking Barriers social media blurb

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