On Sunday March 8, The Drum Arts/Theatre Centre in partnership with 4REEL will be presenting a screening of Casablanca Calling.
A quiet revolution is happening in mosques, schools, and prisons across rural and urban Morocco. Since 2006, approximately four hundred women have started to work as Muslim leaders or Morchidates for the first time. Their mission is simple: to liberate women by sharing the true teaching of Islam, freed from misogynist interpretations.
Powerful images of large groups of young women listening to a Morchidat leading a session about self-worth, chants at a demonstration in the streets and solidarity songs sung in the country evoke a breath of optimism. The women’s liberation movement has a long way to go, but change is on the horizon, and the newly appointed female Morchidats are leading the way.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with key people involved in making this documentary.
