The position of Saudi women as second-class citizens receives a potent metaphoric visualization in Saudi helmer-writer Shahad Ameen’s parable-like debut drama, “Scales.” Revealing more through imagery ...

Scales Mermaids Are Real is a 2017 coming-of-age fantasy movie, directed by Kevan Peterson. The movie follows a young girl named Siren Phillips, whose world turns upside down when she discovers her ...

One of Saudi Arabian director Shahad Ameen’s first films was “Eye & Mermaid,” a short about a girl who learns that her father’s job is to hunt and slaughter mermaids. It was a story about the ...

Mermaids are beguiling mythological creatures in many cultures. In Shahad Ameen’s fable-like debut feature film, “Scales,” they’re both powerful and vulnerable figures who live largely hidden in the ...

A rebellious teenage girl fights back against patriarchal oppression in Saudi director Shahad Ameen's visually arresting feminist fable 'Scales.' By Stephen Dalton Young Saudi writer-director Shahad ...

Saudi helmer-writer Shahad Ameen offers a bold, and boldly visual, take on the position of women in a patriarchal society. The position of Saudi women as second-class citizens receives a potent ...