Learning factory girl full#
How did you find starting production on the film without having the full budget in place? I guess once in a while you follow your own instincts and I felt that working with a young ambitious filmmaker with a passion for films is an ideal choice to bring the project to life. Mohamed Samir’s experience in the film field through editing in advertising and producing short films, alongside my own long experience as a film director, created a natural exchange of experiences that I felt would help the independent spirit of our movie, away from mainstream dogma. What convinced you to work with a first-time feature producer? Hiyam and her younger sister, although they have different fathers, are breadwinners working in a factory to support their own family a typical working-class family where the mother is a house-to-house vendor, stepfather a van driver, aunt a phone centre receptionist and part-time servant in upper class homes. She comes from a working class background while the women in my previous films were either middle-class or extremely poor. She is completely different to all the other female characters I have presented. How does the character of Hiyam compare to the female characters in your previous films? During this experience, she was able to mingle with the other women working in the factory and listen to all sorts of tales which eventually inspired her to write the script.
To understand Hiyam’s world, she worked at a clothes factory incognito with the cooperation of the owner of the factory. How did Wessam Soliman research the script? The desire to portray the life of a working class girl – her family surroundings, her life at work and with friends – in what is basically a story of love that is denied in a tense city. What gave you the inspiration for the story? Scripted by Khan’s wife Wessam Soliman, the film received a gala screening at DIFF. Khan worked with first-time feature producer Mohamed Samir on the film, which is backed by seven international funds.
Learning factory girl series#
Readers who love the series or who are particulary interested in the historical setting might enjoy this book, but for readers who are new to the series I'd recommend starting with one of the other books.Mohamed Khan’s Factory Girl tells the story of a young factory worker, Hiyam, who falls in love with her boss but is rejected by him due to their social differences. The historical information was interesting and the book was a quick read, but Florence's character wasn't really that well developed and so I didn't care that much about what happened to her. This book wasn't one of my favorites from the My Story series.
She believes herself and the other workers deserve better pay and conditions, but she is afraid of going on strike and not being able to bring any money home to her family, when they are already struggling to survive even with her wages. While men in many industries have gone on strike before, this would be the first time for women. Shortly after Florence goes to work at the factory, she starts hearing rumors of a possible strike, especially from a young newspaper reporter who interviews her to learn about the conditions at the match factory. To help her family, Florence must start working at the Bryant & May match factory, despite the fact the her older sister died from a terrible disease as a result of working at the match factory. Florence, who unlike many poor young girls can read and write, starts a diary after her grandfather dies and leaves his diary to her. Sixteen-year-old Florence and her family live in poverty in Victorian London in 1888.
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