Foreign Body & Stambali

DOUBLE DVD - SPOTLIGHT ON TUNISIA - In FOREIGN BODY, a young Tunisian woman arrives illegally in France following her escape from Tunisia’s mounting Islamist fundamentalism.  In Tunisia, the history of STAMBALI goes back to the arrival of the first Africans taken as slaves from Mali, Timbuktu specifically...    FOREIGN BODYDIRECTED BY RAJA AMARITUNISIA AND FRANCE / 2016 / ARABIC AND FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES / 92 MIN   In FOREIGN BODY, a young Tunisian woman arrives illegally in France following her escape from Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution. As she struggles to adapt to her new reality, she faces both danger and hope. This is the fourth feature film by academy member writer-director Raja Amari (Red Satin, Buried Secrets, Tunisian Spring). "Politics and sensuality make for intriguing bedfellows in "Foreign Body," Raja Amari's accomplished survival tale about an undocumented young Tunisian woman finding her identity in France." ~ Los Angeles Times   STAMBALIDIRECTED BY NAWFEL SAHE