» Bill Cowell, Founder of The Buffalo Niagara
Film Festival is proud to announce a victorious
return for #2.
Bill pledges that this will be a spectacular 2nd year with large events and big
surprises to be talked about for years to come. Enjoyment to all, and to all
an enjoyable plight. See you soon.
Rabia is
a woman who must blow herself up in order
to exist. Ever so determined to complete
her suicide mission, Rabia tricks Israeli
soldiers, sneaks past checkpoints, and resorts
to personal violence in order to achieve
success. As we follow Rabia's mission, from
the moment she straps explosives to her bare
body, we are exposed to flashbacks of Rabia's
past, filled with abuse, rejection, and struggle.
By the time she steps onto a popular Israeli
beach, awaiting to kill hundreds of innocent
civilians in a massive explosion, we find
ourselves asking whether Rabia's act is one
of evil or one of heroism?
Rabia is a story that is loosely based upon Palestine's first female suicide
bomber, Wafa Idris. Idris blew herself up in February of 2002, with many female
suicide bombers following in her path since then.
Rabia is
a woman who must blow herself up in order
to exist. Ever so determined to complete
her suicide mission, Rabia tricks Israeli
soldiers, sneaks past checkpoints, and resorts
to personal violence in order to achieve
success. As we follow Rabia's mission, from
the moment she straps explosives to her bare
body, we are exposed to flashbacks of Rabia's
past, filled with abuse, rejection, and struggle.
By the time she steps onto a popular Israeli
beach, awaiting to kill hundreds of innocent
civilians in a massive explosion, we find
ourselves asking whether Rabia's act is one
of evil or one of heroism?