Richard III "An Arab VIP" movie trailer (1 min 46 sec)
In Richard III "An Arab VIP", a documentary film crew follows a spectacular touring Arab production of Shakespeare's eponymous play as it moves from an initial rehearsal period in the oil-rich Arabian Gulf State of Kuwait to the charged atmosphere of a U.S. premiere at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and on to the United Arab Emirates - for a command performance at the behest of local princesses in Abu Dhabi. In between, the cast and crew assemble and disassemble in various cities across the Arab world -- Damascus, Beirut, Baghdad, Abu Dhabi -- and the process of breathing life into their fictional characters begins to take shape in a way that uncannily reflects the politics and turmoil that surrounds them...