"We don't blame the wolf for attacking we blame the shepherd for not protecting his flock." Lebanese director Heiny Srour centers the stories of women in their role of protectors. Shot in 16mm using an inventive montage of archival documentary footage and reenacted oral histories Srour's narrator Leila weaves her stories in the manner of Scheherazade's One Thousand and One Nights. Over forty years after its release this film remains powerfully fascinating and the commentary, tragically, relevant. It feels as if little has changed.
Still time to see this film at BAM Brooklyn NY
www.bam.org/film/2025/leila-and-the-wolves
