Mona rehearsing in Beirut, Bridgette Auger Nov. 2014.
Bridgette Auger (BFA, 2006) is the director of a new film entitled We Are Not Princesses which will be screened at the upcoming Doc NYC Festival at Cinepolis Chelsea on Wednesday, November 14 at 7:45pm. An excerpt of the film is on display as a part of our current exhibition cit.i.zen.ship: reflections on rights.
Bridgette Auger is an artist and filmmaker strongly committed to using art for social change who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over 12 years. Covering the Arab Spring in Egypt and Libya as well as the refugee crisis as a result of the war in Syria through photography and video, Bridgette sought out intimate stories to raise complex questions about sensitive issues. Credits include: The Guardian, The New York Times, Die Zeit, and short film This is not me هاد مو أنا: Enduring Syria’s War. She has a degree in Photography and Imaging from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and a Master of Social Documentation from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Bridgette filmed and is directing her first feature, “We Are Not Princesses”, currently in post-production. She was a 2016 National MediaMaker Fellow at BAVC (Bay Area Video Coalition) and a fellow at IFP’s 2017 Doc Labs.
"This refreshing film offers a unique peek into the private lives of women who have survived unspeakable sorrow, yet blossom through the healing power of art. During a theater workshop in a Lebanese refugee camp, four Syrian women discover they have a lot in common with the ancient Greek heroine, Antigone, and experience freedoms forbidden in their homeland. Told with humor and heart, We Are Not Princesses elicits intimacy and honesty from its unlikely group of thespians."