Rita Baghdadi

LA-based filmmaker, director of “Sirens”

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Slave to Sirens is the first all-female thrash metal band in Lebanon, and the new documentary “Sirens” follows their effort to break through in the country and abroad.

Slave to Sirens: Lebanon’s first all-female metal band shreds trauma

Slave to Sirens is the first all-female thrash metal band in Lebanon, and the new documentary “Sirens” follows their effort to break through in the country and abroad.

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