It’s won several major documentary awards and is nominated for a Best Feature Documentary Oscar. This makes its director Kaouther Ben Hania the first Arab woman ever to receive two Oscar nominations. Kaouther Ben Hania is considered one of the leading post-revolution Tunisian film-makers. Ben Hania hears Olfa’s story on the radio and sees her being interviewed on TV. Ben Hania enrols everyone on the set to exhume narratives and emotions and perform them in the present.
