The Shadow Lawyers

Azeeza, Mostafa and Mohamed are Egyptian human rights lawyers whose activities aren’t in the spotlight. Over a period of three years, “The Shadow Lawyers” provides an insight into their work and personal lives after the revolution. Although they are confronted constantly by resistance, they keep being spokespersons for unjustified accused.

LENGTH

Feature

GENRE

Fiction

PRODUCED IN

Egypt

STATUS

Completed

WITH THE HELP OF

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meet the director

Samir Eshra was born in Al Buhayrah, north of Egypt, in 1986. He graduated from the Faculty of Mass Communication at Cairo University and studied film direction at “The Academy of Arts and Technology of Cinema” in Cairo. Afterwards he worked as an assistant director in several films. He is an independent filmmaker whose short films toured international festivals. Samir Eshra currently works on a documentary entitled “The Shadow Lawyers” that accompanies three young lawyers defending human rights in Egypt after the revolution in 2011.

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