Origin: UK | Documentary | Director: Paulina Tervo | 13 minutes

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Thorns and Silk

Paulina Tervo 2012 documentary

Thorns and Silk tells four fascinating stories from the West Bank,
Palestine. These comprise a series of encounters with women who work in
maledominated professions. All four have the courage to break social norms,
but not without challenges. We dip into the life of a wedding filmmaker,
who films womenonly wedding parties in the conservative city of Hebron. We
hear the stories of a female taxi driver who works in the west of
Jerusalem. We discover a young police trainee at the national police
academy. And we learn about the hardships of life in Nablus from a mother
who takes on male roles to keep her family business going.

Full feature: https://vimeo.com/5910163

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