Looking For Oum Kulthum
Looking for oum kulthum a film by shirin neshat in collaboration with shoja azari.
Looking for oum kulthum. Looking for oum kulthum is a 2017 internationally co produced drama film about the egyptian diva umm kulthum directed by shirin neshat in collaboration with shoja azari. A film within a film looking for oum kulthum is the plight of an iranian woman artist filmmaker living in exile as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the arab world oum kulthum. In fact it s not even a documentary.
One male shoja azari and one female shirin neshat. The actual movie not the film a film was made by two iranian filmmakers. This is not a documentary about oum kulthum.
It was screened in the contemporary world cinema section at the 2017 toronto international film festival. With neda rahmanian yasmin raeis mehdi moinzadeh kais nashif. F irst and foremost.
