Marina of the Zabbaleen
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Genre: Director: Producer: Cinematographer: Sound: Total Running Time: Marina of the Zabbaleen focuses on the struggle of a marginalized Egyptian people to support and sustain a culture of family and belief. The zabbaleen (Cairo’s Christian garbage collectors) have carved out a niche for themselves in a world where they are a distinct and oppressed minority--but, as the film shows, a world without religious liberty is a world where efforts at cultural preservation and economic innovation are always radically compromised. To make the film, director Engi Wassef, herself a Coptic Christian of Egyptian origin, gained unprecedented entry to the remote, cliff-side world of the zabbaleen; centering her documentary on a young girl who aspires against all odds to become a doctor, she deftly explores the ways and means of Cairo’s hidden garbage-collecting culture. Banned in Egypt, Marina of the Zabbaleen premiered in April 2007 at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film is being hailed as a “gorgeous” and “painterly” account of the troubled daily life of an obscure but revealing Middle Eastern people. Click here to view the media and event archive for Marina of the Zabbaleen For more information about this film, visit www.MarinatheMovie.com
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