Embroidery For A Long Song

Directed by Amirah Tajdin

A neon inspired meditation on female energy re-imagined through the intricate histories of the Gulf region as told through music, fashion and poetry. The film features a 'Khaleeji' ten piece band of folk singers who spread their music through a Futuristic space while a poetess who grapples with her modern female identity as an Arab woman, chases their sounds and discovers her traditional self as well as the troupe of women rooted comfortably in their old world identity. The film is a collaboration between fashion designer Faissal El Malak who conceptualized it and filmmaker and artist Amirah Tajdin who directed it.