Wadjda

Saudi Arabia watches first film on a woman, by a woman

In a land that is still a kingdom, that is as skeptical about films as it about letting their women watch films, let alone make them, Haifaa al-Mansour attempted a fatal feat, for the love of art and freedom. Saudi’s first ever woman film-maker, director of award-winning “Wadjda,” a story about a school-girl who just wants to ride a bike.