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Rita Baghdadi “Sirens” Doc About Middle East’s First All-Female Metal Band Lands at Oscilloscope

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Get ready to rock: Oscilloscope Laboratories has landed North American rights to “Sirens,” a documentary charting the rise of the Middle East’s first all-female metal band, and is planning a theatrical release. A digital release is planned. Deadline broke the news of the acquisition.

“Sirens” made its world premiere at Sundance in January. The documentary, directed by Rita Baghdadi, is set against the backdrop the Lebanese Revolution and follows the co-founders and guitarists Slave to Sirens Lilas Mayassi, Shery Bechara, and their journey.

“I have always wanted to make a film set in the MENA [Middle East and North Africa] region. I just always thought, because I’m Moroccan, that it would be set in Morocco. I wanted to make the kind of film I wished I had seen as a young woman, where female Arab characters were featured as complex humans rather than the harmful stereotypes I grew up with,” Baghdadi told us. “When I met Lilas, I was immediately drawn to her determination, and I recognized a lot of my younger self in her. When I met the rest, I realized there were so many beautiful and inspiring parts to their story that it could resonate with many people. Recognition and resonance are what drew me to make this film.”

Asked what she’d like folks to think about after watching the film, the director and producer emphasized that she wants to “challenge western perceptions of what it’s like to be a young woman in the Middle East today. And I want young women in the region to be able to see themselves on screen in a way they might never have before,” she added.

There is no word yet on a release date.

“I’m so excited to work with O-Scope in North America. I’ve admired their punk-rock spirit for years and I know they’ll be a meaningful partner on ‘Sirens,’” Baghdadi commented.

Source: Women And Hollywood

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