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Desert Brides
Israel, 2008
About 40% of Bedouin women in the Negev live in polygamist families. The story of three such women is exposed through the lens of a Bedouin wedding photographer, who also lives in fear of her husband marrying another woman. From one wedding to another, the hardship of living under the polygamist system is revealed. Even independent, educated women find themselves "unwillingly choosing" to marry, like they say, as second, third or fourth wives. The stories of successful women, who are tempted to marry married men because of their old age, being divorced or an infatuation, show the power of a system, any system, that survives due to its victims' cooperation.
Documentary | Video | 90 Minutes | Color | Arabic and Hebrew, Hebrew subtitlesCinematography: Danor Glazer
Editing: Ron Goldmann
Production: Ada Ushpiz
Festivals: DocAviv
Source: Go 2 Films
Support: The Second Authority for TV and Radio, the New Fund for Cinema and TV, the Marc Rich Foundation
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