70 minutes of women who refused to be footnotes in their own war story.
In this award-winning documentary, directors Masri and Chamoun focus on the women who played a crucial role in fighting the Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon. Preserving their stories on camera, Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon is a poignant documentary about courage, resistance, and hope.
Direction
Masri and Chamoun let women speak for themselves, no narration needed.
Editing
Archival restraint — every frame earns its place.
Director
Mai Masri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mai Masri became one of the first Arab women to achieve international documentary recognition; this film predates the 'women in war' doc boom by a decade.
The directors intentionally avoided male 'expert' commentary — a radical formal choice in 1987 that mainstream docs still rarely attempt.
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