Duma

Israel, 2011

Duma (dolls in Arabic) is based on stories of sexual abuse in Arab society in Israel. Abeer, the creator of a puppet theater show which deals with the subject of sexual abuse during childhood, decides to take her camera and journey from the north to the south of the country and document women who have experienced sexual violence. In her journey she meets four women who dare to reveal the sexual abuse they endured in their close circle of family and friends. They all look for a way to express their pain and to break the silence that was imposed on them by their relatives and by society.


The screening will be followed by a discussion on sexual assault in Arab society.

Documentary  | Video  |  55   Minutes  |  Color  |  Arabic, Hebrew and English subtitles

Director: Abeer Zeibak Haddad
Screenplay: Abeer Zeibak Haddad, Ilil Alexander
Cinematography: Yvonne Miklosh
Editing: Era Lapid
Production: Suheil Haddad
Festivals: Docaviv
Support: New Israeli Foundation for Cinema & TV, Second Authority for Television and Radio

Screened with the films:
Catherine the Great

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