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Podcast: Cinematography Podcast - Cam Noir
Episode: Special Episode: Sundance 2022- Sirens director Rita Baghdadi
Description: The Cinematography Podcast Sundance 2022 Special: Sirens
Sirens is an intimate coming of age documentary focused on Lilas Mayassi and Shery Bechara, guitarists and co-founders of Slave to Sirens, the Middle East's first all-female thrash metal band. The documentary follows the band as they rehearse and play concerts, rebelling against the country's criticisms and stereotypes about women and heavy metal music. The relationships between bandmates is complicated, but they find an outlet in their music amid violent protests, fires and bombings in Beirut, Lebanon.
Documentarian Rita Baghdadi had set out to find a story based in...