Dananeer

Dananeer (Ahmed Badrakhan, Egypt, 1940, 90 minutes) Umm Kulthum , the woman known as the voice of Egypt, shines in this gorgeous black and white classic about a Bedouin girl with an exquisite voice who is “discovered.” Screening will be introduced by special guest, biographer Virginia Danielson, Richard F. French Librarian of the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard University.