EG 1996, D Ateyyat El-Abnoudy, Print b/w, DVD from 16mm, 70 min, Arabic OV with English SUB and electronic German SUB, Typecast Films
Introduction by Gina Annunziata
Days of Democracy provides insights into the history of the struggle of Egyptian women for the right to vote; its main section documents the parliamentary election of 1995. The director travelled throughout cities and provinces to interview women candidates and show them campaigning for election.
| Acronyms | |
|---|---|
| amer. | American English |
| b/w | Black and white |
| OV | Original version |
| SUB | Subtitles |
| +SUB | electronic live subtitling (below the image) |
| INT | Intertitles |
| Countries | |
|---|---|
| AT | Austria |
| FRG | Federal Republic of Germany (historic) |
| BLR | Belarus |
| DE | Germany |
| CAN | Canada |
| GDR | German Democratic Republic (historic) |
| EGY | Egypt |
| FR | France |
| GB | Great Britain |
| URY | Uruguay |
| BRA | Brasil |
| SWE | Sweden |
| UKR | Ukraine |
| PL | Poland |
| IDN | Indonesia |
| PRT | Portugal |
| HRV | Croatia |
| ECU | Ecuador |
| HUN | Hungary |
| AUS | Australia |
| IT | Italy |
| MEX | Mexico |
| IND | India |
Gina Annunziata teaches History of Cinema at the University of Naples “L’Orientale” and at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples. In 2010, she holds a PhD in “Visual Studies” form University of Siene - The Italian Institute of Human Sciences (SUM). Her principal research interests lie primarily in otherness in Italian cinema and in Cinema of North Africa and the Middle East. She is also Member of the Scientific Committee of the Academic Book Series Postcolonial Film and Media Studies directed by L. De Franceschi for the Italian publisher Aracne (Rome). She also works as independent film curator and, since 2008, she collaborates with national and international film festivals.
