These films will screen at the 12pm in-person program at the Exploratorium and are also available for your virtual viewing at any point during the virtual festival - enjoy!
After years of debilitating period pain and unexplained symptoms, Malak finally gets a diagnosis: she has endometriosis. Despite being so prevalent, the disease has no known cause, no cure, and is not taken seriously, even by her own mother. In "I Told You So," Malak grapples with a tumultuous relationship with her pain, her body and her dreams for the future.
- Year2023
- Runtime27 minutes
- LanguageArabic, English
- CountryEgypt, Germany, United States
- PremiereWest Coast Premiere
- AwardsBest of Festival - Documentary
- DirectorMalak AlSayyad
- ScreenwriterMalak AlSayyad
- ProducerMalak AlSayyad, Amaan Stewart, Loren Townsley, Rajvi Desai
These films will screen at the 12pm in-person program at the Exploratorium and are also available for your virtual viewing at any point during the virtual festival - enjoy!
After years of debilitating period pain and unexplained symptoms, Malak finally gets a diagnosis: she has endometriosis. Despite being so prevalent, the disease has no known cause, no cure, and is not taken seriously, even by her own mother. In "I Told You So," Malak grapples with a tumultuous relationship with her pain, her body and her dreams for the future.
- Year2023
- Runtime27 minutes
- LanguageArabic, English
- CountryEgypt, Germany, United States
- PremiereWest Coast Premiere
- AwardsBest of Festival - Documentary
- DirectorMalak AlSayyad
- ScreenwriterMalak AlSayyad
- ProducerMalak AlSayyad, Amaan Stewart, Loren Townsley, Rajvi Desai