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Days of Democracy
Attiyat El-Abnoudi | Egypt | 1996 | 90 min. | documentary video

This tragi-comic documentary records the highs and lows of women candidates running for the 1995 People's Assembly in Egypt. Because of the tremendous lack of coverage of the female candidates and difficulty in contacting them, El-Abnoudi was forced to shoot for 20 days straight, crisscrossing nearly the entire country, interviewing almost half of the candidates and scores of voters. Despite the ultimately disappointing electoral result, El-Abnoudi has captured the tenor of a country on the verge of great political change.

Original language is Arabic

World Premiere, 1996 Human Rights Watch Festival. Distributed by Attiyat El-Abnoudi, 3B Al Shark Letameen Building, The International Garden, Naser City, Cairo, Egypt, Tel: 011-202-263-4642 Fax: 011-202-330-6820.

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