Tuesday, October 31, 2006

My Documentary on the Nikab

If I were to do such a documentary the scenes of my choosing would be as follows:

Nikab assistant scene:
Some assistant teachers in Nikabs are going to extreme lengths to bridge their personal beliefs and society's demands: We film a case of an assistant teacher in a Nikab who hires an assistant herself to give students a rounded education by holding up signs at appropriate moments to indicate what her expressions are. In one scene we see a kid pointing to the sign in a lesson asking "miss what does that say?" The expression card says something a bit complicated like "Somewhat perturbed". She looks at the card, there is a pause, the assistant looks at the teacher then raises a sign saying "Baffled."

Efficient modesty scene:
A Nikab wearer is engaged in a very deep conversation with the documentary maker who is off camera about her beliefs. She happens to have an icream or lolly. She puts this fairly untouched lolly under her nikab to eat it and almost immediately it a bare stick emerges, the lolly had been consumed with freakish efficiency. She moves on in the conversation and discusses modesty informing her decision a friend in a hijab joins her and she gestures toward her and says "For instance I am more modest than her" maintaining her serious tone

Nikab's at Play Scene:
A scene where a nikab wearer tries to dismiss stereotypes by explaining that she does alot of activities with her friends. We join her and her friends in nikabs on a weekend. She is asked:
"so what are you up to?"
"We are doing a re-enactment"
"Of what"
"Pac Man" comes the surprising reply.
Next scene is her and her friends playing the ghosts chasing a friend (pac man) eating a burger in the park.

Empty Scene:
A scene where a woman in a Nikab is assailed by the media asking ridiculous questions. Not thought of the specifics yet may be you could help?

Rip off Scene:
I'd base it on one of the many entertaining "Ask a Ninja" videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPXF-iZh488

1 comment:

shehr said...

lmao sif....i think i'd go for this one...."Efficient modesty scene" hehe