The Four Hijabs

Name: The Four Hijabs
Director: Elizabeth Wuerffel
Duration: 12 min
Cast: Rula Sirhan Gardenier, Kaelan Strouse, Melissa Canciller, Gordon Chow

12m

Director: Elizabeth Wuerffel

Writers: Jamil Khoury, Manal Hamzeh

Overview

An animated film that explores the "four hijabs:" the visual (actual fabric worn), spatial (imposed limitations and segregation), ethical (restrictions of women's rights) and spiritual (denial of intellectual inquiry) through an Arab-Muslim feminist lens.