Bayt al Toot (2013)

Name: Bayt al Toot
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-10-07T12:33:19+02:00

Documentary | 65 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 65 minuten

Alternative title: The Mulberry House

Country: Egypt / Syria / United Kingdom / Yemen / United Arab Emirates

Directed by: Sara Ishaq

Starst: and Sara Ishaq

IMDb score: 7,2 (48)

Releasedate: 9 December 2013

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Bayt al Toot plot

The half-Scottish Sara Ishaq grows up in Yemen, until at the onset of puberty, after consultation with her father, she goes to live with her mother in Scotland. Ten years later, in 2011, she travels back to her native country, taking her camera with her. She tries to feel at home in the place that was once her own, but that turns out to be complicated. Meanwhile, protests outside the gates against the authoritarian rule of Ali Abdullah Saleh and Ishaq, like her family, gets involved. Family members donate blood and cook pots full of food for the protesters in the square.