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Dame Emma Thompson criticises the film industry for 'not allowing women to fail' while 'men fail time and again, yet still get work' - as she promotes harrowing new documentary Mediha
The celebrated actress has enjoyed an illustrious career on stage and screen since rising to prominence in 1987 TV dramas Tutti Frutti and Fortunes Of War.
Executively produced by Thompson, the film charts the difficulties Mediha faced following her release from captivity and relocation to a camp for internally displaced people in Iraqi Kurdistan. The actress says she has developed a unique bond with the documentary's principal subject - but is yet to meet her in person (L-R: Mediha Alhamad and Malala Yousafzai speak onstage during Variety Doc Dreams in New York City) The synopsis for the upcoming series reads: 'When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a girl disappears in the aftermath, neighbour Sarah Tucker becomes obsessed with finding her - and enlists the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm.
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