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SOUFRA

By Thomas MORGAN

Documentary - Completed 2018

Soufra follows the inspirational story of intrepid social entrepreneur, Mariam Shaar – a refugee who has spent her entire life in the Burj El Barajneh refugee camp south of Beirut, Lebanon.

- Year of production
- 2018
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- USA, LEBANON
- Duration
- 73 mn
- Director(s)
- Thomas MORGAN
- Synopsis
- Directed by Thomas Morgan (Waiting for Mamu) and executive produced by Academy Award® - winner Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking). Soufra follows the inspirational story of intrepid social entrepreneur, Mariam Shaar – a refugee who has spent her entire life in the Burj El Barajneh refugee camp south of Beirut, Lebanon.
  
  The film follows Mariam and a diverse team of fellow refugee women who call their camp home as they set out to change their fate by launching a catering company, ‘Soufra’, and then expand its reach outside the camp with a food truck business. Together, they heal the wounds of war through the unifying power of food while taking their future into their own hands.