Event

Winner of the 1997 Gold Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival. Zehava Ben assumed her place in Israel as the “unknown queen” of oriental Middle Eastern music. Ben performs songs of the greatest Egyptian queen of Arabic music: Om Kulthum. Her tour of the Middle East opened a window for peace. In his documentary, E. Laufer presents her complex story - Cinderella-like, rags to fame - in human terms.