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Egyptian Joan of Arc, is a 2016 Egyptian movie, directed by Iman Kamel. with a runtime of 86 minutes.
Egyptian Jeanne d'Arc is a creative documentary that examines female emancipation in post-revolutionary Egypt through the eyes of a filmmaker returning to Cairo after a long absence. Drawing on Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 silent classic The Passion of Joan of Arc — in which a woman is martyred by surrounding patriarchal forces — the film weaves intimate portraits, personal interviews, poetic voiceover, and dance to interrogate themes of oppression, guilt, and faith among Egyptian women, many of them artists. A formally adventurous work that melds documentary, dance, poetic narrative, and myth, it stands as a bold feminist inquiry into the circumstances of women in Egypt today and a significant contribution to contemporary Arab documentary filmmaking.
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