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Shadya
200552 min 45 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Roy Jacob Westler
Production: Udi KalinskyDanny HakimRevital Oren
Script: Roy Jacob WestlerUdi KalinskyMichal Ranon
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Shadya Zoabi, a 17-year-old from a small Arab village in northern Israel, is a world karate champion. She is also a Muslim who lives according to her own distinct principles.
Shadya's brothers are against her involvement in karate. In their view, a Muslim woman has a specific path in life, and it is forbidden to stray from this destiny. In spite of Shadya's father's support, the social pressure from her brothers and the community is difficult to overcome.
Shadya is a story about the coming of age of a young woman who wants to succeed on her own terms, but who is still committed to her life within the Muslim community. Will she succeed in balancing her ambitions after her marriage? Will she stay a world champion? Original Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles.
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Subject categories
- Women > Discrimination, Stereotyping and Equal RightsSelf-realizationSports and Athletics
- Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Islam
- Foreign Countries > Israel
- Social Studies > Comparative Civilizations
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Feminism
- Physical Education > Fitness
- Health/Personal Development > Identity
Credits
- director
- Roy Jacob Westler
- producer
- Udi Kalinsky
- Danny Hakim
- script
- Roy Jacob Westler
- Udi Kalinsky
- Michal Ranon
- editor
- Michal Ranon
- director of photography
- Yaron Benisti
- Roy Jacob Westler
- soundman
- Alex Epshtein
- Yoram Shefer
- Roni Berkovich
- original music
- Sasha Tauber
- research
- Guy Sidis
- Wafa Jamil
- post-production manager
- Michal Eliav
- executive producer
- Revital Oren
- camera operator
- Ronen Mayo
- Wafa Jamil
- production manager
- Guy Sidis
- production office
- Racheli Kaufman
- digitization
- Idanit Vizman Dor
- online editing
- Alex Neiman
- on-line digitization
- Hila Michovich Siton
- soundtrack designer
- Rami Grafman
- translation
- Firas Khoury
- Mustafa Jubran
- subtitles
- Firas Khoury
- Mustafa Jubran
- legal advisor
- Yaakov Enoch
- Zohar Landa
- production accountant
- Eli Diamant
- insurance
- Shlomi Shvartz
- participant
- Shadya Zoabi
- Danny Hakim
- Paul Hakim
- Amir Azoulay
- Aviram Ring
- Dianna Petresco
- Sarah Ishayev
- Yedida Freilich
- Gadi Freilich
- Mazen Zoabi
- Shadi Zoabi
- Waaed Zoabi
- Morad Samoie
- Hirokazu Kanazawa
- Nobuaki Kanazawa
- Iwai
- Miura
- Kazuhiro Ishikawa