Sirens, the new documentary about the Lebanese Metal band Slave to Sirens, is out now via Oscilloscope Laboratories (Scott Walker: 30 Century Man, Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love, May it Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers). The film has made the film-festival circuit making its premiere at 2022 Sundance Film Festival and now is showing at many indie theaters in the US. Directed By Rita Baghdadi and Produced by Baghdadi and Camilla Hall, the film counts Executive Producers including: Natasha Lyonne (Orange is The New Black), Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live), Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Cindy Holland, John Boccardo, Derek Esplin, Kathryn Everett, Bryn Mooser, and Dave Pell. The doc tracks the band Slave to Sirens as they emerged from the music scene in Lebanon as the first all-girl Metal Band from the country to perform at metal festivals all over the world, while dealing with unrest and tragedy in country, all-while dealing with internal personal issues of being in a band, sexual, and identity crisises facing all young adults. Watch the trailer now and get your tickets to see this important film at the link below.
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https://sirens.oscilloscope.net/
Synopsis:
World Premiere: Run Time: 79 minutes
Languages: Arabic & English with English subtitles
On the outskirts of Beirut, Lilas and her thrash metal bandmates, Shery, Maya, Alma, and Tatyana (Slave to Sirens), have big dreams but few opportunities. When the band’s appearance at a UK music festival isn’t the life-changer they had hoped for, Lilas comes home to Lebanon on the brink of collapse. At the same time, the complicated relationship between Lilas and her fellow guitarist Shery starts to fracture. The future of her band, her country, and her dreams now all at stake, Lilas faces a crossroad. She must decide what kind of leader she will be, not only for her band, but also as a young woman struggling to define herself in Lebanon, a country as complex as each of the Sirens themselves.