| Bastards (83 min) Morooco/UK |
[watch trailer] |
Sunday 10/19, 5:30 PM (Session 11)
Director/Producer: Deborah Perkin
Description:
How an illiterate young woman took on tradition, her own family and the Moroccan legal system for the sake of her illegitimate child. The first person to film in the family courts, Deborah Perkin follows Rabha El Haimer over eighteen months, as she tries to legitimise her forced marriage and protect her daughter from outcast 'bastard' status. A powerful and satisfying narrative of twists and turns that makes audiences laugh and cry - with a score by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, composed by Debbie Wiseman, MBE.
Biography:
After working for 15 years as producer/director, series producer, executive producer
and head of development, Deborah left the BBC to make Bastards, her first feature length film. She filmed over eighteen months, living in a Casablanca slum for part of the time, and became the first person to film in a Moroccan court. An award-winning documentary maker, Deborah has specialized in making accessible and entertaining films of substance. From criminal psychology in My Son the Killer, to archaeology in China’s Terracotta Army, to music in Quincy Jones: The Many Lives of Q, she embraces the quick, the dead and the quirky. Each of her twenty-four single films has been pick of the day in the British press, and the BBC has sold many internationally. Head of ITV Factual Richard Klein wrote that her films “are always of the highest quality, intellectually and visually.”
Contact Information:
Deborah Perkin Media Ltd
e: deborah@deborahperkin.com
w:www.deborahperkin.com/bastards
©2014 United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF)
