Haifaa Al-Mansour
1) Wadjda
Pub. Date
[2014]
Summary
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Summary
Each episode of this anthology series explores the unique lives of characters months and years following the apocalypse and how each deals with the horrors of surviving amongst walkers in unexpected ways. The challenges in each episode will test their ability to overcome impossible odds and challenge their will to survive. The show features new characters as well as fan favorites from the TWD Universe.
4) Wadjda
Summary
Wadjda, a fun-loving 10-year-old girl living in Saudi Arabia, has her heart set on a beautiful new bicycle. However, her mother won't allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue. Determined to turn her dreams into reality and buy the bike on her own, Wadjda uncovers the contradictions and opportunities ingrained in her world. Hilarious, heartbreaking and inspiring all at once, this groundbreaking...
5) Mary Shelley
Summary
"The real-life story of Mary Shelley, and the creation of her immortal monster, is nearly as fantastical as her fiction. Raised by a renowned philosopher father in eighteenth-century London, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin is a teenage dreamer determined to make her mark on the world, when she meets the dashing and brilliant poet Percy Shelley. So begins a torrid, bohemian love affair marked by both passion and personal tragedy that will transform Mary...