Burka Songs 2.0
In 2011, France banned the wearing of hijabs and other face covering veils in public. Hanna Högstedt received funding for a film which was to feature her wearing a burqa in Paris, singing the French national anthem until she was arrested by the police. But nothing turned out as planned.
In Burka Songs 2.0, we follow the filmic process from the first idea, via plainclothes police, guilt, shame and off-key singing, to a conversation about white spaces, the veil, colonial history and whose stories are listened to in contemporary Sweden
Director: Hanna Högstedt
Producer: Hanna Högstedt, Archana Khanna
Screenplay: Hanna Högstedt
Cast: Fatima Doubakil, Ramla Abdullahi, Andra Lasmanis, Shahab Ahmadian, Athena Farrokhzad, Baker Karim
Film type: Short
Category: Documentary
Duration: 45 min
Language: Swedish, French
Production country: Sweden, France
Premiere: 2017