Freedom Fields
Following the Arab Spring in Libya, director Naziha Arebi closely observed what stood in the way of a women’s football team. She followed a group of determined women for several years in this empowering film, as they fought for their right to play in the competitive world of football dominated by men. The struggles and hardships risk the integrity of the team, and perhaps not everyone will be able to save their dream.
Naziha Arebi is a Libyan/British artist and filmmaker who returned to Libya during the revolution. Naziha works at the intersection of art and activism, and is co-founder of the film collective HuNa. Alongside her first feature Freedom Fields, she is currently producing the documentary feature After a Revolution, and has a fiction film in development. Naziha is a Hot Docs-Blue Ice and Sundance Lab fellow, a WEF Global Shaper and part of the Lumiere d'Afrique collective. Her artwork has been published extensively in print and exhibited globally.