3000 Layla

de Mai Masri, Ficción
CL,Captive Bodies

Layla, a newlywed Palestinian school teacher, is wrongfully arrested and sentenced to 8 years in prison. She is transferred to a high security Israeli women’s prison where she learns she is pregnant. The prison warden pressures her to have an abortion and spy on the Palestinian inmates. Resilient and in chains, Layla gives birth to a baby boy.