1.        

1.CAL IN HOTEL GETTING READY TO GO OUT

Establish journey, complications of getting to Saudi and the difficult line you will have to tread so as not to get anyone in trouble. 1.30mins

2.        

JEDDAH LOCATION

DRIVING THROUGH STREETS

IPHONE FOOTAGE MINDERS IN FRONT SEAT

MUSIC

AFTER SIX LONG MONTHS OF TRYING TO GET A JOURNALIST VISA I’VE FINALLY GAINED ACCESS TO SAUDI ARABIA TO REPORT ON THE REFORMS

WE ARE BEING JOINED BY GOV MINDERS WHO WILL BE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON WHAT WE SAY AND DO

3.        

DRIVING SEQUENCE + CROWN PRINCE + VISION 2030 SHOTS

THE CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN IS MAKING SOME CONTROVERSIAL CHANGES TO MODERNISE THIS ISLAMIC NATION

HE’S CALLING IT VISION 2030.

4.        

NISSAN SHOWROOM  + MEET WITH GIRLS

CAL UPSOT/ Can you show us who our sales girls are?

C – are you the first women to work in the showroom?

S1 – Ahh yes she was the first and I was the second

C - why cars.

S2 – I love cars

C – really?

S1 – Its interesting and something new for us

THE PRINCE IS MAKING HEADLINES GETTING WOMEN BEHIND THE WHEEL AND INTO THE WORKFORCE.

5.        

GOV MINDER TAKES PHOTO

02:13

C – Our minder is very enthusiastic today. Are you taking a picture?

M – No

02:30

C – what do you think of women selling cars?

M:  What do I think?  Nothing unusual.  I’d like them to mediate for my daughter to come and work for them. 02.52

6.        

GIRLS SHOWROOM TOUR

Awkward shot of girls

TOUR actuality

BUT THE MESSAGE AROUND THESE REFORMS IS TIGHTLY CONTROLLED.

UPSOT

03:18

C- can you show me some of the cars, take me on a tour, show me how it works what cars you like, which ones you don’t which ones are the most popular?

S1 – The most popular one is…

IT ALL JUST FEELS A BIT AWKWARD

C – Which is this one

7.        

Tour actuality  

Cut to interview

Cal/ So can you drive?

S1 – Just a little bit, not yet.

Cal/ Do you have your license?

No.

44:54

C – Does it feel weird to be selling cars and not actually able to drive one yourself yet?

STRIPES/ Our job is to know about the car, you don’t need to drive in order to do this.  

IT’S CLEAR THE REFORMS ARE STILL FINDING THEIR FEET

8.        

2. INTRO HATOON DRIVES

TO WORK WITH CALI

Driving a new freedom, the image of Saudi is changing and we meet the face of this change. 1.50mins

9.        

SCENE CHANGE BREATHE

ALISSA NISSAN SHOTS

FOUTAINS WOMEN TAKING PHOTOS

HATOON IN CAR

GO PRO SHOT

H lifting the ban on driving has changed my life 180 degrees.

C – Really?

H - Not having to hire a full time driver. Now it is just a matter of switching on you key and you are ready to go.    

UNLIKE THE CAR SALESWOMAN WHO HAVEN’T YET LEARNT TO DRIVE - HATOON KADI WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO GET A LICENSE WHEN THE BAN WAS LIFTED

UPSOT

H – see see see, the thing I told you about.

C – Crazy drivers

10.    

SAUDI CRAZY DRIVING 

C3_DAY7_A 00.48:38 Vision out the windscreen of a car overtaking between two vehicles. Crazy driving on the roads.

C3_DAY7_A

00.51:29

H – When the ban was lifted twitter was flooded with jokes about women driving.

00.52:11

C – Did people share photos of women mounting curbs?

H – yes yes, we will not deny this. Its ok we mounted a pavement, better than mounting cars or mounting people. Pavement… its ok we won’t hurt the pavement. 00.52.57

WHILE DRIVING HAS GAINED THE MOST HEADLINES, IT’S ACTUALLY PART OF A MUCH BROADER SERIES OF CHANGES – AIMED AT MAKING WOMEN INTEGRAL TO THE ECONOMY

(PAUSE)

THE LONG TERM GOAL IS LESS DEPENDENCE ON OIL

11.    

H – I would say in the past two years we have been living click click click changes. Sometime you are not able to breathe.

12.    

HATOON DRIVING

H – Beccause if you want to shift into more human resources rather than natural resources you need to utilise your 50% of society which is women. You need to, you have to, you don’t have any choice anymore you need to utilise us. We are just part of 2030 no matter what.

13.    

3. HATOON UTURN TOUR

3.25 min

14.    

C3 DAY 7_B HATOON AND CALLI PARK CAR

RIGHT NOW WOMEN ONLY MAKE UP 22% OF SAUDI ARABIA’S WORKFORCE.

UPSOT

H – The challenge of finding a parking spot

AS PART OF HIS REFORMS THE CROWN PRINCE WANTS TO INCREASE THIS TO 30%.

NO LONGER RESTRICTED TO EDUCATION AND MEDICINE – SAUDI WOMEN ARE EMBRACING UNCONVENTIONAL CAREERS.   

15.    

C3 DAY 7_B OFFICE TOUR IN EQUIPMENT ROOM

C3 DAY 7_B OFFICE TOUR IN EQUIPMENT ROOM

00.00.47 C – And who is this?

M – I am the director.

H  He is my director unfortunately. I am not sure whether to say fortunately or unfortunately. It is somewhere in between.

M – I am the director I am the director.

H – He think he is the boss.

M – Ok let’s walk. 00.00.57

16.    

HATOON ISN’T JUST NAVIGATING MOTORWAYS, SHE’S ALSO TAKING ON THE MALE DOMINATED WORLD OF COMEDY

17.    

C3 DAY 7 B

00.01.09 HATOON + JATARO ENTER BLUE ROOM

H – The Show is Nooin Niswa. So the word Nooin and Niswa we use it to address women. not to say that it is a women show. Because whenever you say women it means make up, it means fashion it means cooking but no. It was about the women perspective. 00.02.56

18.    

C3 DAY 7 B – HATOON IN DRESSING ROOM

00.05.13 HATOON + CAL AND JATARO ENTER DRESSING ROOM

UTURN DRIVING SKETCH SHOW

UPSOT

D – and action

00.09:38 HATOON IV IN DRESSING ROOM

C – Is it unusual to see a woman like Hatoon fronting her own programme and writing her own programme in Saudi.

M – A kinda yes. I think Hatoon. You are the first women who came on youtube.

H – Something about first and last.

HER SKETCHES ARE ABOUT EVERYDAY LIFE FOR WOMEN BUT PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON SOME IMPORTANT SOCIAL ISSUES.

H - I can’t hear you sorry, I talk to you later.

BEFORE THE DRIVING BAN WAS LIFTED – THIS ONE WENT VIRAL

DRIVING EP OF HATOON

00:16

H- The most important person in a Saudi woman’s life is…. the driver, don’t be shocked.

DRIVING EP

04.21

H – An it is normal to say at home that there is another important man you should take care of.. What is he doing here?

D – You told me 5 mins, I have been waiting 2 hours now. You should wait here.

00.08:12 HATTON IN DRESSING ROOM

C – What are you trying to do with the show?

Are you trying to change opinions and perspectives? What would you say the mission is?

H – A lot of people they are asking me this. If I want to impose changes I would say no, what I want to do is I want to tackle the issues I want to give them a topic for everyone to talk about. If they decide to change it, it is up to them

00.08:45

C – You want to start a discussion right?

H - Creating a discourse creating a dialogue Its just good. For me it is just good. If people are talking about the episode on whatsapp I am really happy about that.

00.09:01

19.    

6. CAL SHEIK ATTEMPT 1

07:30

RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE IMPORTANT NEED PERMISSION  

2.40

20.    

C3 DAY4 – OLD RIYADH STREET GVS

00.17.50 FLOCK OF BIRDS + OLD RIYADH

mosque praying

00.15.50 MEN IN THOBES

00.16.55 WS OF SQUARE

01:57 Calli on the phone now answer

CALL TO PRAYER

BUT THIS IS A DEEPLY RELIGIOUS COUNTRY – WHERE ISLAMIC CLERICS AND SHEIKS WEILD TREMENDOUS POWER.

AS THE ENFORCERS OF SHARIAH LAW – I WANT TO KNOW THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE HERE.

CALL UPSOT/ Hello

K - How are you

C- I am good how are you?

BUT WITH OUR EVERY STEP BEING WATCHED, I NEED GOVERNMENT PERMISSION.

21.    

C3 DAY2 05:28

Calli in car on the phone.

C3 DAY8 00.25.18 CUTAWAY OF CAR MIRROR ?

C – I heard that our letter hasn’t got a signature yet to film at the mosque

BEFORE ARRIVING – THE GOVERNMENT TOLD ME ANY INTERVIEW WITH A SHEIK WOULD BE SENSITIVE.

C3 DAY2 CAL ON PHONE

[00:06:11] Okay, so do you think, is it going to be all alright? Is it looking like there's any problems or?

[00:06:21] No is not a problem but the Sheik wanted it to be like – officially requested he didn’t want to do it like by himself…and someone say like – why he did it – so just paper work and all that basically.

BUTT TO

C - Okay, paperwork

C – Bye bye

22.    

THE INTERVIEW IS DELAYED BECAUSE THE SHEIK WANTS TO BE SURE THE GOVERNMENT IS HAPPY FOR HIM TO SPEAK.

23.    

HIND AT THE MALL

Stripping back the powers of religious police brings freedoms to women fashion.

24.    

C3 DAY1 MALL GVS

BALLOON GUY  + TRY FIND SHOTS OF ANY PEOPLE IN COLOUR/TEENS/MODERN EFFECTS

MALL MUSIC

THE REFORMS ARE PEELING BACK SOME OF THE WAYS SHARIAH LAW – REACHES INTO WOMEN’S EVERYDAY LIVES.  

25.    

C3 D1 50:46 CALLI AND HIND MEET AT THE MALL

UPSOT GREETING Heyyyy how are you…

LIKE ANY YOUNG 22 YEAR OLD – FOR HIND – THE MOST EXCITING CHANGE IS AROUND FASHION. 

26.    

CALLI AND HIND WALKING THROUGH THE MALL

C3DAY1

C – So do you feel like you have more options?

H – Oh for we have more options. We have local Saudi designers.

27.    

C3 DAY1 00.12.32 CAL AND HIND ENTER SHOP

HIND IS TAKING ME TO BUY AN ABAYA - THE ISLAMIC CLOAK WOMEN ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR IN PUBLIC

00.11.33 UPSOT ENTER SHOP/ Cal: Salam alaykum

STYLES USED TO BE TIGHTLY CONTROLED BY RELIGIOUS POLICE – BUT NOW THE CROWN PRINCE HAS STRIPPED THEM OF THEIR POWERS TO ARREST. 

28.    

C3 DAY 1 – HIND IN SITU IV IN ABAYA SHOP  

+ CAL PUTTING ON ABAYA

C3 DAY1 – HIND IN SITU IV IN SHOP/

00.40.55 HIND/ It’s really a big change. In the back days, the religious police could have come into the abaya stores, if there’s a store with colourful abaya they took it. 00.41.08 They have the right to take it from the place. Cause it’s not allowed to wear a colourful abaya

Calli/ So this whole store would have been black?

Hind/ Yeah.

29.    

C3 DAY1 IN SITU IV HIND /

31:37

C – So how does it feel to be able to wear that on the outside now.

H –I feel happier now I feel more colourful.  I can express myself more with these colours, this is my personality. 00.32.47

30.    

CU HIND LOOKING AT SPORTS ABAYAS

HIND ISN’T JUST AFTER COLOUR, SHE ALSO NEEDS FUNCTIONALITY BECAUSE SHE IS ACTUALLY PERSONAL TRAINER -  A RARE THING FOR WOMEN IN SAUDI

31.    

CAL AND HIND LOOKING AT ABAYAS

C3 DAY 1 – CAL AND HIND LOOKING AT ABAYA RACK

00.12.51 C- So how do you pick a sporty abaya?

H -  So I always look for close abaya. 00.14.00

H - just to make sure that you are covered all the time

RELAXING THE RULES AROUND ABAYA STYLES MEANS SHE CAN EXERCISE IN PUBLIC.

32.    

HIND IN SITU IV

C3 DAY1 00.34:45 HIND IV IN SITU/

H- since now I can run and I can wear sporty abaya. It will really proper for running I feel more comfortable.

C – That is huge

H – Yeah, it’s a huge difference. Something was holding me back and now I am free with no limits, it is really a big change. 00.35.28

C – That is awesome

H – yeah its and you will know that as well when you run, with the abaya. 00.35.33

33.    

5. HIND AND CALLI RIYADH URBAN RUNNERS

2.30 mins

34.    

C3 DAY 8 01.14.18 GVS MEN WALKING + PEDESTRIANS

MUSIC

35.    

01.15.29 HIND + GIRLS  C3 DAY1 GIRLS MEETING

00.54.31 HIND WAITING

00.53.37 CU NIKE SHOES

00.54.01 CU MORE NIKES

00.59.05 CU GIRL IN NIKE CAP

00.52.37 GIRL DANCING

UPSOT WARM UPS

TONIGHT HIND HAS INVITED ME TO JOIN RIYADH URBAN RUNNERS.

AGED 14 – 40 THEY’RE THE CITY’S FIRST FEMALE RUNNING CLUB..  

36.    

C1 Amal starts the run

01.17.35 GIRLS WARMING UP DOING STAR JUMPS

C3 DAY1  - 01:17:14 AMAL WITH GIRLS/ Ok ladies welcome to the first run of the season we are RUR,

If it is your first time don’t worry take your time don’t worry about your speed. We just want you to feel comfortable running outdoor and enjoy it. 01.18.23

UPSOT

ZAYNAB – YELLA GIRLS WE ARE GOING. YELLA YELLA YELLA

37.    

D1 WOMEN RUNNING SHOTS + SHOTS OF PASSERS BY REAX

CLOCK HIND IN RUNING 5D AT TOP OF THE SCENE

SOUND OF RUNNIG

RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES CONDEMNED WOMEN’S SPORTS FOR DECADES,

SO EXERCISING IN PUBLIC MEANS FACING A HUGE CULTURAL TABOO. 

38.    

C3 DAY1 – MID RUN CHAT

CALLING TALKING TO A GROUP OF NEW RUNNERS

INTERCUT RUNNING AND GRABS SO KEEPS ENERGY

C3 DAY1 01;36:27 MIDRUN  CHAT WITH NEW RUNNERS

C – how are you feeling you are the first the first time runners right? How does it feel?

N – It feels amazing?

UPSOT OF GUY ENCOURAGING

WE FEEL VERY ENERGISED

CLAPPING

HAVE A GOOD TIME

N – I was worried that some people would give stares But people are just supporting, and little kids are like cheering for me. 01.39.24

01.37.41 C – where would you normally run before here?

N – I didn’t run anywhere before usually I would try and run on treadmill but I end up too tired and too bored. Because it is in doors and I stop. 01.37.54

39.    

C5 HIND RUNNING SHOTS

NATSOT OF FOOTSTEPS

SIMPLY BEING ALLOWED TO RUN AROUND THE BLOCK REPRESENTS A MASSIVE SHIFT IN ATTITUDES HERE AND HOW WOMEN ARE PERCEIVED.

40.    

01.23.26 CAL AND HIND FINIISH RUN

01.24.02 GIRL FINSIH RUN WAVING + SMILING

01.25.26 ANOTHER GRIL FINSIHES

01.22.50 HIND AND CAL RETRUN/ UPSOT We made it!!!

BUT THERE’S STILL A VERY CLEAR LINE THESE GIRLS AREN’T YET COMFORTABLE TO CROSS.

41.    

C3 D1 POST RUN INT WITH HIND

C3 DAY1

[01:49:52] You guys are just running as a female only group right now, why is that?

01.53.02 H/ I think people or society still needs time to accept mixed group members. They need time.01.53.10

01:52:14 Why is it important that change like this happens step by step and incrementally do you think?

H - So if I come and went directly to you, you will be afraid. But if I come walking to you step by step, you won't feel that I'm against you or something. That how we accept rules or rule changes. Step by step. To make the society accept it. 01.52.52

42.    

SHEIK 2

14:05

GOVERNMENT ARE VERY NERVOUS

43.    

SCENE CHANGE

MORNING

DRIVE BY MOSQUE DAY

CALI IN CAR

STREET SHOTS

Build up of them getting there.

 CAL IN VISION IN UPSOT

AS WOMEN EXPAND THEIR PRESENCE IN PUBLIC LIFE - NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY.

SOME FEAR THE KINDGOM IS LOSING ITS ISLAMIC PRINICIPLES UNDER THE NEW REFORMS.

C – We are entering king khalid mosque a place the government doesn’t want us to film.

I’M TRYING AGAIN TO INTERVIEW HE SHEIK - I WANT TO KNOW IF HE HAS ANY RESERVATIONS ABOUT VISION 2030….

24:50 we just need to waiting for our government minder to turn up to help us get inside.

44.    

C4 27:52

Cal talking to minder. Minder blurred

C – So are we allowed to film here or not today, what is the vibe?

A – I need to check that because he scared me a little bit honestly.

C – Who

OUR GOVERNMENT MINDER TELLS US ANOTHER FOREIGN CREW ATTEMPTED TO FILM THE MOSQUE WITHOUT PERMISSION..

HE SAYS THERE WERE SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE MINDER INVOLVED.

45.    

C4 28:58

Calli in car outside the mosque

28:29

I think it really just shows you how nervous the government is right now about filming anything slightly controversial. That doesn’t fit their party line.

46.    

C4 58:11 Calli walking into prayer room.

C4 32:25

Mosque call to prayer and praying

EVENTUALLY WE DO GET PERMISSION AND MAKE IT INTO THE MOSQUE.

BUT WE’RE TOLD WE CAN’T TALK TO ANYONE.

ALL I CAN DO IS SIT AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND WATCH.

47.    

8. JAMAL BREAKING NEWS STORY

JAMAL HIGHTLIGHTS THE DANGERS OF SPEAKING OUT

48.    

SCENE CHANGE

BREATH

UPSOT – CNN COVERAGE

CNN - This gruesome new detail that missing US based journalist Jamal Khoshoggi is no longer alive.

CNN – Any likelihood that this type of thing could have happened without the crown princes knowledge

CNN - these are the kinds of questions I think a lot of people want to know the answer to.

49.    

DAY 8_A CAL PTC

CU SHOTS OF LAPTOP + KHASHOGGI NEWS SITES

CUTAWAYS OF CAL + TV ETC

04:35

C - Right now there is a huge story unfolding across the world regarding Saudi Arabia. A Saudi journalist and dissident is missing after entering a Saudi Arabian Embassy in Turkey. It just goes to show the real risk and the real danger in speaking out here in Saudi Arabia and having a voice and being critical of the regime.

50.    

DAY 8_A – SHOT THROUGH HOTEL CURTAIN LOOKING OUT TO RIYADH

MUSIC STING

51.    

10. SAFFA SAUDI ACTIVIST INTERVIEW SYDNEY, AUS

2.40 MINS

52.    

SYDNEY SHOOT WR

00:00 SYDNEY GV’S

CALI WALK IN TO STUDIO

EXT SAFFAA’S STUDIO ROOM

+ SHOTS OF GUARDIAN ART + PAPERS ON WALL

SUDDENLY THE WHOLE WORLD IS AWARE JUST HOW DANGEROUS IT CAN BE TO CRITICISE THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

SEVERAL HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS WARNED ME AGAINST CONTACTING ANY ACTIVISTS LIVING INSIDE THE KINGDOM – FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY

UPSOT

CAL LOVELY TO SEE YOU

SO BACK IN SYDNEY I FIND SOMEONE WILLING TO QUESTION THE REFORMS.  SAUDI BORN ARTIST - SAFFAA

53.    

SAFFAA ON LAPTOP + LOOKING AT TWEETS + FACES OF ACTIVISTS ROUNDED UP

SAFFA ON COMPUTER + LOOKING AT TWEET

 [01:01:20] Saffaa/ So this is Hatoon Al Fasi - she's an academic and an important voice in women's activism. Loujain al Haloul - she's been in prison before for defying the driving ban.

 [00.48:50]

C – So where are these individuals right now.

S - The last I have heard then have all been in prisoned

54.    

SAFFAA PAINTING

ISTANGRAM SHOTS OF PEOPLE WEARING ART WORK

SOME OF THESE ACTIVISTS WERE DETAINED PUSHING FOR THE VERY REFORMS THE CROWN PRINCE INTRODUCED.

SAFFAA WAS ALSO FLAGGED BY AUTHORITIES WHEN ONE OF HER ART WORKS PROTESTING GUARDIANSHIP LAWS WENT VIRAL

Upsot S- I knew it was radical but I didn’t know it was going to be this influential.

55.    

OLAY WITH SHOTS OF SAFFAA MAKING HER GUARDIAN PRINT

01:44:52

C – So why are you doing this interview?

[00.49.55] S/ I have never done a TV interview and I have always refused to do TV interview but I just feel like all of these voices have been silenced and if I don’t speak out then who will speak out.

[01:23:56] Calli/ What does the case surrounding Jamal Khashoggi say to you? 

S - it hits close to home for me because when I went to the Saudi embassy last year I was questioned and interrogated by intelligence and I actually wrote to the Australian immigration that I couldn't believe that I walked out of there

56.    

SAFFAA NOW LIVES IN A SELF IMPOSED EXILE UNABLE TO RETURN HOME.  SHE FEARS BEING DETAINED OR SLAPPED WITH TRAVEL BAN IF SHE DOES.

57.    

MAIN IV [01:12:48] There's no debate in Saudi.

Anyone who says anything that is remotely against the government is being silenced. it says that this country has a long way to go in terms of freedom of speech. And if the west doesn't do something drastic - none of us are safe.

00.51.45] – So I feel like all of these reforms are merely superficial to perhaps please the west, to get the west of the royals back. To improve the image of Saudi abroad.

58.    

7. HATOON AND UTURN –

LIMITS OF WHAT SHE CAN SAY 2.40

59.    

ADD ESTABLISHING GVS OF SAUDI HERE/SET UP LOCATION AGAIN

MUSIC

60.    

HATOON BRAIN STORM

UPSOT

H- MY SCRIPT, HAD A MOTHER, TWO SONS ADRIVE A MAID A HEAD MISSTRESS

M – THAT IS A GREAT IDEA

61.    

BRAIN STORM

OFFICE SHOTS   

00.25:50 Screen shot.

00.27:42 CU director

But back in Jeddah Hatoon Kadi admits her life has changed for the better because of the reforms

BUT I WONDER HOW SHE MANAGES TO OPERATE WHEN IT COMES TO COMEDY… AND FINDING SAFE MATERIAL

01:20:40

I would like that I have created the voice of modest women.

01.24.07 If I cross the line with society I will either lose my small plat - this small space - I would rather work within the boundaries and convey my message rather than trying to push lines. It's too risky for me. And I am not this person. I don't want to push boundaries.

62.    

HATOON WITH DIRECTOR PLANNING NEXT SEASON

Upsot

D – Three two one action.

BUT HATOON DOES RAISE EDGY TOPICS

D – Cut, playback please

63.    

C3 DAY 7_B HATOON MASTER IV

ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF HATOON’S SHOW – NOON AL NISWA

Hatoon sketch

M- Come on eat so you can grownup and be my guardian.

4.33 H - She is on drugs, If he exercises his rights and stops me from traveling what would this mean then he is disobeying god.

H – RIGHTS RIGHTS RIGHTS

 – LIKE SAUDI’S LINGERING GUARDIANSHIP LAWS…

THAT STILL GIVE MEN LEGAL CONTROL OVER WOMEN IN MANY ASPECTS OF LIFE

LIKE APPLYING FOR A PASSPORT, TRAVEL OR EVEN EXITING PRISON

01:01:35 HATOON MASTER IV/

I approached it the issue from the point of view of how Guardianship is affecting us. So I don’t usually approach it from we need to change this we need to do this. I bring you the case. I bring how the guardian ship is affecting my daily life.

64.    

C8 MAIN INT HATOON

01.35.18 CAL REVERSAL/ Are there no go zones when it comes to comedy in Saudi Arabia?

H/ Yes – sex, no foul language, no politics and religion.

Because I am a conservative

those are personal boundaries,

I like to think of myself as a normal housewife. As a normal citizen.

BUT THERE ARE STRICT LAWS AROUND SATIRE

01.25.03 H/ We are aware of them – actually they are not new. We knew about those rules since day one. And we know them and we respect them.

65.    

CUTAWAY CAL AND HATOON WIDE + IN SITU ON LOUNGE

I CAN’T HELP BUT FEEL THERE’S AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM THEN WHEN IT COMES TO QUESTIONS AROUND FREEDOM OF SPEECH….

66.    

C3 DAY 7 B – MINDER TURNS UP ACTUALITY – MID IV

C3 DAY 7 B ACTUALITY OF OF MINDER DURING HATOON INTERVIEW

H – WE ARE

Hello how are you? 01.16.02 (SPEAKS IN ARABIC) Hello…. Peace be upon you. M/ How are you. H/ I’m fine. 01.16.05

….BUT IT TURNS OUT – IT’S JUST OUR GOVERNMENT MINDER

M/ ????

H/ Are you with the ministry?

M/  ????

H/ Oh I didn’t see you before…. Ok….

01.16.15 H/ He’s from the ministry of information – no the ministry of media.

C/ Hello again…

01.16.22 H/ He just wants to take pictures….

H/ (SPEAKS IN ARABIC) Everything’s fine.

67.    

NIGHT GVS

MOSQUE

THIS IS THE WORLD HATOON IS OPERATING IN. WHILE YOUTUBE HAS GIVEN HER A PLATFROM - IT WOULD BE NAÏVE TO THINK THE GOVERNMENT ISN’T ALSO WATCHING.   

68.    

11. SHEIK ATTEMPT 3 – FAIL

22.11

Fear and self-censorship win out.

2.10

69.    

RIYADH GVS + HOTEL ESTABLISHER

BACK IN RIYADH – I AM TRYING ONE LAST TIME TO GET THE SHEIK TO SPEAK ABOUT THE HIS VIEWS ON THE REFORMS.

70.    

C9 Calli in hotel lobby

C9 Calli on the phone

00.31.01 CALLI ON PHONE CALL/

C – Don’t we already have the permission? We have go the permissions yeah? The letters that say we can do that.

A – The thing is we sent them the letter but facility itself, King Khalid did not reply with a yes to Sheik.

71.    

C9 Calli in hotel lobby

CUTS

BUT AS MORE DETAILS OF JAMAL KHASHOGGI’S DEATH COME OUT – IT SEEMS NOBODY WANTS TO RISK CRITICISING THE REGIME.

NOW IT’S THE MOSQUE NOW WHO ARE SHUTTING THINGS DOWN.

IT’S NOT JUST ACTIVISTS BEING LOCKED UP - DOZENS OF HARDLINE CLERICS HAVE ALSO BEEN IMPRISONED

72.    

CALI IN HOTEL LOBBY

01;00:04

C – So I am just messaging right now with our contacts at the mosque

They have just replied saying they can’t because the foundation at the mosque has forbid them from speaking. And I asked them if I could call them to chat this through with them a bit more and he has replied that he might get into trouble so all forms of communication have been chopped off stopped vittoed.

73.    

ITS CLEAR FREEDOM OF SPEECH REMAINS PRECARIOUS.

74.    

12. HIND AT HOME WITH HER FAMILY

2.45 mins

75.    

EVENING GVS

GROUP CHAT

Upsot

CAL/ EVERYONE’S HERE

FROM THE INSIDE, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE HIND – THE SMALLEST OF CHANGES CANNOT BE UNDERESTIMATED.

76.    

HIND IV

H – I want to just send that message to the media. That Saudi Arabia changed. Everyone thinks that Saudi Arabia that they don’t have that freedom and they are in small spaces. That’s not the case. We have our freedoms but in our own corners.

77.    

FAMILY ARRIVE + HIND GIVING OUT TEA

BEFORE I SAY GOODBYE I’M INVITED TO JOIN HIND AT A FAMILY GATHERING

78.    

HIND GETTING CAL SOME FOOD

02:50:26

UPSOT

C – you have a beautiful daughter.

AMONGST HER MUM AND SIBLINGS, I FIND THE MOST GENUINE SIGNS OF CHANGE.

79.    

HIND POURS TEA + EVERYONE SITTING AROUND

I – In our family it is like democracy. We all agree on one things.

02:23:50

H –In the family for my decision I go for my mum first. She is the one who will give me permissions,

02:26:40

she has been the mother, the father the sister and the friend. She has been everything. She made her own money she raised us she just give us a her life.

02:27:50

C – so your mum is pretty ahead of her time really.

H - Yeah

Mum

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Mum -I felt proud of her.  She is ambitious.

Upsot

H – what is the amount of rice you want?

C – oh that is plenty thank you.

NOT ALL FAMILY’S MAY BE LIKE HINDS – BUT HERS IS ALREADY LEADING THE WAY TO 2030.

80.    

02:35:24

H – I am so glad that I grew up in this country. In these two years a lot of things changed. It wasn’t really difficult but it is easier now. So I am really glad I am happy for these changes I support it.