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World Cinema: Sports is for Women

Lift like a girl

Egypt, Germany, Denmark 2020 93min DCP Color feature Documentary G

Overview

From a scrappy, vacant-lot training site in Alexandria, Egypt to the Olympic Games, 14-year-old Zebiba (“raisin” in Arabic) stands at the precipice between childhood and weightlifting champion – guided only by her dedicated yet relentless coach, Captain Ramadan, and her own competitive edge. Can she make the leap?

Review

CREDIT

ProducerMayye ZAYED
ScreenplayMayye ZAYED
CinematographyMohamad EL-HADIDI

MusicMarian MENTRUP
EditorSara ABDALLAH
SoundSamir NABIL

FILM SOURCE

Cléo Media / mayye@cleo-media.com

DIRECTOR

Mayye ZAYED

An Egyptian filmmaker based in Alexandria and the founder of Cléo Media for female-driven content production and impact distribution.

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