The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing

Darina Al Joundi, Mohamed Kacimi

Maison d'édition: The Feminist Press at CUNY

Synopsis

Beirut, once a cosmopolitan city, becomes a repressive nucleus for Islamic fundamentalism. Despite the constraints, a younger generation rebels in nightclubs, having anonymous sex and snorting cocaine. Imploding stereotypes of Middle Eastern women and men, Al-Joundi’s self-portrait shows a daughter’s charismatic relationship with her father—a fearless woman who learns from him that it’s better to escape alone, at any cost, than to assimilate and stay where it’s familial and “home.” Al-Joundi’s story has been made into a highly successful one-woman show, performed in France, and possibly coming to the US. Urban story of life before, during, and after the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in a socially, religiously, and politically divided Lebanon.

Disponible depuis: 15/03/2011.

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