Dance of Outlaws - Educational Version with Public Performance Rights
Categories: Movies & TV, Genre for Featured Categories, Documentary

Dance of Outlaws is the story of the modern-day outlaws to whom society gives few chances. These women, working as wedding dancers, are from poor Moroccan families and have little education. They are rape victims, abandoned child brides, and daughters of prostitutes who live on the dangerous fringes of the society. At age 14, Hind was raped. After her drug-dealing parents evicted her from her home in Morocco, she was forced to begin working as a prostitute and dancer. Now 22, Hind lives with her drug-addicted boyfriend Bilal in a shack with no electricity, toilet, running water, or proper windows. On paper, Hind doesn’t exist; she cannot access her birth certificate or apply for identification papers. Yet she is dreaming of a better future: marrying her boyfriend, getting back the children she’s had to give up, and finding a job and proper home. But shortly after they become engaged, Bilal is arrested and sent to prison for 20 years, and Hind learns she is pregnant with her third child. The film follows Hind and her friends Leila and Ahlam for more than a year, capturing their individual struggles for survival and the quest for a more stable, fulfilling life against the backdrop of the traditional Moroccan society. Published and distributed by Filmakers Library. Public Performance Rights. All films purchased from Filmakers Library include Public Performance Rights, allowing an institution to exhibit a legally-acquired copy, so long as: No admission fee/donation is collected. The screening takes place at the purchasing venue itself. The primary audience for the screening is members of the purchasing institution (for example, students and faculty of a school) and the screening IS NOT advertised or promoted to the general public.