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Tribeca Film Festival: Haifaa Al-Mansour Discusses Filming Challenges at the 'Wadjda' PremiereApril 22 3:30 PMby Lisa Marsh 0 CommentsPhoto: Getty ImagesWadjda is a movie of firsts. The story of a young girl determined to raise enough money to buy a bike in small town in Saudi ArabiaÂ?a culture that frowns on girls doing such forward thingsÂ?is the first feature film shot entirely in that country. Even more impressive, it is the first feature film made by a female Saudi filmmaker, Haifaa Al-Mansour. And though Al-Mansour had permission from the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information, filming in the still segregated city of Riyadh was challenging. "It was stressful," she explained, "and difficult. I couldnÂ?t be outside with my http://english.ipp.ac.cn/coachoutlet365.html cameramen." The perception is that they would be looking at her, and unacceptably forward move in Saudi society. "I was set up in a van with a monitor and a walkie-talkie." She added, "It made me work harder." Wadjda had itÂ?s U.S. premiere Sunday evening in Chelsea at the Tribeca Film Festival. After its showing, Gloria Steinem led a conversation with Al-Mansour and Women for Women International founder Zainab Salbi about the film and womenÂ?s treatment in the Middle East and North Africa. The story is based on Al-MansourÂ?s own childhood. "I was one of 12 children," she explained. "My father was liberal. I never thought I couldnÂ?t do what my brothers could do." However, when she stepped outside of her home, "I was confronted with a difficult reality," she said. "We lived in a small town. ItÂ?s very closed and there was tension between the tradition and modernity."Movies on VHS were an escape for Al-Mansour, and gave her family some peace. "My father gave us a lot of VHS tapes to make us quiet," she laughed. "Jackie ChanÂ?Bruce LeeÂ?I remember when I saw Snow White, I fell in love with the medium. It opened up a whole new world to me." After college in Egypt and grad school in Australia, Al-Mansour returned to Saudi Arabia. "ItÂ?s hard to be a young woman in Saudi. coach outlet website I was invisible. I wanted to have a voice." It led her to make a short film which she entered into a competition in the United Arab Emirates. "People listened to me for the first time in a long time," she admitted. Change in Saudi Arabia is slow to come, but it is coming. "It is very tribal there and very conservativeÂ?change is not easy," she explained. "But it is taking steps http://english.ipp.ac.cn/coachoutlet365.html to be modern. Next year, women start voting...Girls can ride bicycles now."