WADJDA
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An irrepressibly free-spirited Saudi Arabian girl resists pressure to conform to her culture's gender expectations.
Director Haifaa al-Mansour’s delightful, award-winning drama contrasts 11-year-old Wadja’s freedom to be herself in the privacy of her home versus restrictions in dress and behavior in public and at school. Determined to buy a bicycle—improper transportation for females—Wadja plans to win a cash prize awarded for studying the Koran. Meanwhile, her mother tries to dissuade her husband from taking a second wife. (In The Green Bicycle, the filmmaker turns the movie into a novel for grades five and up.)
This title is part of the series: WADJDA
| Copyright | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Grade | 8 and up |
| Color | Color |
| Run Time | 97 minutes |
| ISBN | 9780525428060 |