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Dance of Outlaws
| Length: | 84 min |
| Released: | 2012 |
| Ages: |
College Adult |
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Dance of Outlaws is the story of the modern-day outlaws to whom society gives few chances. These women, working as wedding dancers, are from poor Moroccan families and have little education. They are rape victims, abandoned child brides, and daughters of prostitutes who live on the dangerous fringes of the society.
At age 14 years old, Hind was raped. After her drug-dealing parents evicted her from her home in Morocco, she was forced begin working as a prostitute and dancer. Now 22, Hind lives with her drug-addicted boyfriend Bilal in a shack with no electricity, toilet, running water, or proper windows.
On paper, Hind doesn’t exist; she cannot access her birth certificate or apply for identification papers. Yet she is dreaming of a better future: marrying her boyfriend, getting back the children she’s had to give away, and finding a job and proper home. But shortly after they become engaged, Bilal is arrested and sent to prison for 20 years, and Hind learns she is pregnant with her third child.
The film follows Hind and her friends Leila and Ahlam for more than a year, capturing their individual struggles for survival and the quest for a more stable, fulfilling life against the backdrop of the traditional Moroccan society.
Dance of Outlaws is the story of the modern-day outlaws to whom society gives few chances. These women, working as wedding dancers, are from poor Moroccan families and have little education. They are rape victims, abandoned child brides, and daughters of prostitutes who live on the dangerous fringes of the society.
At age 14 years old, Hind was raped. After her drug-dealing parents evicted her from her home in Morocco, she was forced begin working as a prostitute and dancer. Now 22, Hind lives with her drug-addicted boyfriend Bilal in a shack with no electricity, toilet, running water, or proper windows.
On paper, Hind doesn’t exist; she cannot access her birth certificate or apply for identification papers. Yet she is dreaming of a better future: marrying her boyfriend, getting back the children she’s had to give away, and finding a job and proper home. But shortly after they become engaged, Bilal is arrested and sent to prison for 20 years, and Hind learns she is pregnant with her third child.
The film follows Hind and her friends Leila and Ahlam for more than a year, capturing their individual struggles for survival and the quest for a more stable, fulfilling life against the backdrop of the traditional Moroccan society.
Dubai Film Festival, 2012
Festival National du Film, Morocco, 2012
Helsinki International Film Festival, 2012
Locarno International Film Festival, 2012
Festival National du Film, Morocco, 2012
Helsinki International Film Festival, 2012
Locarno International Film Festival, 2012
