Palestinian-Israeli Filmmaker Shady Srour's 'Fadia' Thriller Tackles Honor Killings, Inspired by Shakespeare's Macbeth
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Max Goldbart
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Deadline's Global Breakouts series profiles Palestinian-Israeli filmmaker Shady Srour and his mini-series 'Fadia', a thriller inspired by Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' that tackles the subject of honor killings. The series won big at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. The article explores Srour's journey as an auteur working in a difficult political climate to produce hard-hitting, socially conscious content that blends Shakespearean tragedy with contemporary Palestinian-Israeli issues.
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· 3 pulledShady Srour is a Palestinian-Israeli auteur making his way in a difficult climate to produce hard-hitting work.
Inspired by Shakespeare and other great playwrights, his mini-series Fadia deals with honor killings, that darkest of topics.
'Fadia', an Israeli-Palestinian thriller from Shady Srour that won big at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, is our Deadline Global Breakout.
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