The Bride (2018) Online

The Bride (2018) Online

The Bride is a horror/thriller that examines gender politics in the middle east.   In May of 2016, 100 Yazid slave girls were burned alive at a slave market in Mosul. Their owner, Umm Saraf, queen of the Isis slave trade was responsible. She fled into the desert leaving one survivor, her personal slave, Amal.   Amal is captured and questioned by Major Ahmad of the Kurdish Women's Protection Unit, an all female battalion of soldiers fighting ISIS. The Major believes Amal's life as a slave is her own fault, and her very existence reinforces every cliche of Middle Eastern women. The irony is Major Ahmad has orders to turn Amal over to the United States so Amal may be interviewed on 60 Minutes. As the Major says, "You're going to be famous for being a victim. That is ironic." What ensues is a battle of feminine perspectives. Frustrated with Amal's perceived lies, the Major demands the truth. Finally, Amal tells the story of The Bride, a legend among the Yazidi slaves. She was a Boko Haram...