ANNOUNCER:  She Had a Dream candidly follows Ghofrane Binous, a charismatic and confident young activist as she runs for office in Tunisia during the legislative elections.
♪  Tunisian director Raja Amari's lens offers a vulnerable peek into Ghofrane's turbulent campaign, as she pleads with family and friends to make their votes count.
♪  Binous' dream to be a champion of change is unwavering, and contagious.
♪  Personal encounters along the campaign trail reveal the challenges and discrimination Tunisian women battle with ambitions to build a more inclusive society.
♪ ♪  She Had a Dream,  on  Afropop.
♪  ♪  This season on  Afropop: The  Ultimate Cultural Exchange-- discussions on growing up abroad in the midst of the Sudanese revolution; the bold and unshakeable campaign of an ambitious Tunisian woman; a group's mighty trek down the Congo River for reparations; the fight to return a continent's stolen culture; and a chart-topping band's rise to international stardom.
Powerful stories that are shaping the world in extraordinary ways.
♪  ♪  ANNOUNCER: Funding for  Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the MacArthur Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
♪  GHOFRANE BINOUS (speaking a Tunisian language): ♪  ♪  (indistinct chatter) ♪  (children playing in distance) (dog barks) (voiceover): (voiceover): ♪  (laughter) (seagulls squawking) (music playing on phone) NEWS REPORTER (on radio): CAB DRIVER: BINOUS: CAB DRIVER: BINOUS: CAB DRIVER: BINOUS: CAB DRIVER: BINOUS: CAB DRIVER: BINOUS: (cab driver chuckles) WOMAN: MAN: BINOUS: BINOUS: (laughter) WOMAN: (laughter, crosstalk) WOMAN: (indistinct chatter) WOMAN: BINOUS: WOMAN: BINOUS: WOMAN: BINOUS: MAN: BINOUS: MAN: (children shouting in distance) BINOUS (voiceover): (crowd chanting) (indistinct chatter) (laughter, chatter) WOMAN: (baby crying) BINOUS: WOMAN: BINOUS: WOMAN: BINOUS: MAN: MAN: (insects chirping) BINOUS: WOMAN: BINOUS: (chuckling) ♪ ♪ BINOUS: (explosion) (siren blaring) (crowd chatter, sirens blaring) (scattered clapping, crowd chattering) CROWD (singing): CROWD (singing): (cheers and applause) (wind blowing) (birds chirping) YOUNG WOMAN: BINOUS: YOUNG WOMAN: BINOUS: YOUNG WOMAN: (chuckles) BINOUS: YOUNG WOMAN: BINOUS: YOUNG WOMAN: (indistinct chatter) BINOUS: HAIRDRESSER: BINOUS: HAIRDRESSER: BINOUS: HAIRDRESSER: BINOUS: HAIRDRESSER: BINOUS: (music playing) (phone ringing) WOMAN: (singing) (singing): (singing) NEWS REPORTER (speaking a Tunisian language on radio): ♪  (crowd chanting) ♪ ♪ (birds chirping, distant chatter) NEWS REPORTER (on television): ♪  NEWS REPORTER (on radio): BINOUS: ♪  ♪  (voiceover): ♪  (indistinct chatter, laughter) (laughter) COUSIN: BINOUS: COUSIN: (laughter) BINOUS: COUSIN: BINOUS: COUSIN: BINOUS: WOMAN: BINOUS: BINOUS: GRANDFATHER: (laughter) (laughter) BINOUS: (laughter) GRANDFATHER: BINOUS: (voiceover): WOMAN (speaking a Tunisian language): WOMAN: (indistinct chatter) ♪  (music playing on stereo) (women chatting) (scoffs) WOMAN: WOMAN: WOMAN: (laughing) (engine idling) BINOUS: (Binous and cab driver arguing): BINOUS (voiceover): ♪  (indistinct chatter) (speaking a Tunisian language) BINOUS: (Binous laughing) MAN: WOMAN: BINOUS: BINOUS (laughing): BINOUS: BINOUS: VOLUNTEER: WOMAN: (speaking a Tunisian language) BINOUS: MAN: BINOUS: ♪  (chattering) MAN: (chattering) ♪  (laughing) (chattering) ♪  (insects chirping) BINOUS: MAN: BINOUS: MAN: BINOUS: MAN: BINOUS: MAN: BINOUS: MAN: BINOUS: MAN: MAN: BINOUS: BINOUS: MAN: BINOUS: MAN: BINOUS: ♪  (car horns honking, people chattering) (indistinct chatter, honking horns continue) BINOUS: (indistinct chatter, honking horns continue) WOMAN: BINOUS: BINOUS: WOMAN: WOMAN 2: BINOUS: (indistinct chatter) (drum beating) WOMAN: (drumming continues) ♪  (Binous exclaiming) MAN 2: MAN 1: (drumming continues) (slicing) (places knife down) MOTHER: BINOUS: MOTHER: MOTHER: BINOUS: (laughs) MOTHER: (laughs) (horns honking) (indistinct chatter) ♪  (dance music playing, man speaking) (people singing, clapping) ♪  (no dialogue) (man speaking indistinctly) ♪  (man shouting) (music playing) (crowd singing, clapping) (birds twittering) BINOUS: ♪  ♪  ♪  (speaking a Tunisian language) MAN: BINOUS: MAN: BINOUS: (rain pouring) ♪  BINOUS: ♪  (crickets chirping) Mm.
♪  BINOUS: (indistinct chatter) (chattering) (water splashing, objects clattering) BINOUS: (video playing on phone) (both chuckle) (gasps) (woman laughs) BINOUS: WOMAN: BINOUS: (gasps) BINOUS: (laughs) BINOUS: WOMAN: BINOUS: (laughs) ♪  (man speaking a Tunisian language) BINOUS: (chattering) MAN: Okay.
MAN: BINOUS: Mm?
MAN: BINOUS: (laughing) ♪  (man speaking, Binous laughs) (indistinct chatter, laughter) ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ♪  ANNOUNCER: Funding for  Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the MacArthur Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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