Section: Freedom Films
Country: South Africa
Production Year: 2014
Runtime: 107 Minutes
Director: François Verster
Screenwriter: François Verster
Cinematographer: François Verster
Editors: Peter Neal, Menno Boerema
Music Composer: Peter Coyte
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Synopsis: Weaving together music, politics and storytelling, this film explores recent Middle East events through the lens of THE 1001 NIGHTS. Following Shahrazad, the princess who saves lives through storytelling, a Turkish youth orchestra conductor, a beautiful Egyptian storyteller, a troubled Lebanese actress and others put creativity to new political use.