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The Yemenese film about abortion that grabbing attention – and its Indian connections
Yemenese filmmaker Amr Gamal wrote the first draft of The Burdened in Udaipur.
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Gamal, who described India as “his favourite country in the world”, travelled to Udaipur a few years ago with the express purpose of isolating himself there and throwing himself into his second feature.
The product is an astounding portrait of present-day Yemen.
The Burdened takes place in Aden, amidst the ongoing civil war that has hollowed out Yemen and sent its economy into a tailspin. When Isra’a learns that she is expecting her fourth child, she wants to terminate the pregnancy.
Her husband Ahmed is owed dues from his previous television network job, and is driving a taxi to make ends meet.
Aden is no place to bring up a child – there is rampant unemployment, punishing inflation, power and water cuts. Yemen’s strict laws, which allow abortion only if the woman’s life is in danger, combined with religious disa