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LINDA & ALI: TWO WORLDS WITHIN FOUR WALLS (clip)
Shiite Muslim Ali argues with his American-born wife, Linda, about why he would not want his own children to marry foreigners.
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Linda & Ali: Two Worlds Within Four Walls |
| Notable as the first feature-length Western documentary shot in Qatar, Lut Vandekeybus's poignant and sensitive profile of a mixed-marriage visits Ali Saigal and Linda, his American-born wife. While bringing up their seven children, Linda has adopted her husband's Shiite Muslim traditions and chosen to swaddle herself in the traditional black covering. Yet, as she candidly reveals in the course of this nuanced and lighthearted film, their twenty-year marriage is often challenged by Qatar's insular society and what it expects of her children. | |
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