Wadjda (2012)

A singular desire is the driving force behind writer/director Haifaa Al Mansour's first feature film, Wadjda. The title character, a Saudi tween (Waad Mohammed), wants a bicycle. But despite the presence of a very real green bicycle, it's more a metaphor that represents all the restrictions women must follow in Saudi Arabia. Not until this April were women allowed to ride bicycles, and they are still laws against women driving, voting and even going to the movies. Read the rest of the review here.