Wadjda (Haifaa al-Mansour, 2012)

“800 riyals. Too Expensive for you.”

A rebellious Saudi girl (Waad Mohammed) enters a Koran recitation competition at her school and hopes to win enough money to buy her own bicycle.

Where a Bicycle Is Sweetly Subversive


Keywords: cinematography, editing, eyeline match, female, mise-en-scene, narrative, people of color, person of color