This gripping and tragicomic documentary features women inmates of Lebanon’s Baabda Prison who, through their unprecedented theatre initiative entitled „Scheherazade in Baabda“, reveal stories of domestic violence, traumatic childhood, failed marriage, forlorn romance and deprivation of motherhood that become the narratives of this self-revelatory film. The Scheherazades of Baabda dare to reflect on their wrongdoings and crimes. In doing so, the women inmates hold up a mirror to Lebanese society, implicating us all in oppression that often leads to crime.
* Catharsis – Lebanese Center for Drama Therapy (LCDT) was founded in 2007. It is a non-profit organization in Lebanon which promotes and offers therapeutic actions through the use of art and theatre processes for persons and groups especially by means of Drama Therapy.
Dokumentarfilm, Zeina Daccache, LB 2013, 80 Minuten, OV/d, Catharsis – Lebanese Center for Drama Therapy