Courage ━━━ (2021)
DIRECTOR
Malak Mroueh
RUNTIME
22 Minutes
COUNTRY
Lebanon
LANGUAGES
English
Courage is comprised of eight poetic acts written by Dayna Ash that tackle identity, freedom, and being queer in the Middle East—where the dominating discourse aims to dim and erase their existence. The “closet” is portrayed as a labyrinth of societal norms and traditions that bodies must navigate to survive, rendering coming out and the spectrum in-between as equally courageous acts. Mroueh’s first film Rupture Divine was screened at the 2nd edition of Soura Film Festival.