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The Pot
(al-Qarura)) by Diana el-Jeiroudi (Syria, 2004, 20 min, Color, DigiBETA PAL and DV-Cam NTSC)
Synopsis
The Pot is a short, unconventional documentary that gives space for women to express themselves freely about the experience of pregnancy and its impact on their relationships with their bodies, in the shadow of a society that still regards them as vessels to carry progeny.
Filmmaker's Biography
Born in Damascus in 1977, raised in Syria and Iraq, el-Jeiroudi graduated from the University of Damascus with a degre in English literarture. With a group of dynamic filmmakers, actors and producers, she started Proaction Films, the only independent film production outfit in Syria operating today, where she works in production. The Pot (Al-Qaroura, 2005) is her first foray in directing, it has traveled to a number of festivals for film and experimental video.
Credits
Directed by Diana El Jeiroudi
Producer: Orwa Nyrabia
Image: Alfoze Tanjour
Editor: Ra’uf Zhazha
Music: Shafee Zeiniddeen
A Proaction Film Production, Damascus Syria.
Print Source
Proaction Film
Contact: Diana el-Jeiroudi
P. O. Box: 60353, Damascus, SYRIA
Tel & Fax: + 963 11 232 0 252 / 232 0 373
E-mail: diana@proactionfilm.com
Web Site: www.proactionfilm.com
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