Four Daughters: Can this documentary about two ladies who took off to join Islamic State win an Oscar?

The genuine story of Hamrouni and her youngsters, Four Daughters, is named at the current year's Oscars in Best Narrative Element class.

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Olfa Hamrouni has barely any insight into her granddaughter; not her favorite toy nor food — is it the pasta the kid's mom loves, or something different?

For now, she simply battles for 8-year-old Fatma. The youngster has consumed essentially the entirety of her time on earth with her mom and auntie — Hamrouni's oldest girls — brought up in detainment in Libya, where the ladies ended up in the wake of venturing out from home as teens and joining Islamic State bunch fanatics.

The genuine story of Hamrouni and her kids is the focal point of "Four Little girls," a Foundation Grant candidate for best narrative component film. On camera, there are many layers to Kaouther Ben Hania's film: It's about the radicalization of two high school young ladies; a cozy representation of a turbulent, and frequently useless, everyday life; and reflections on generational injury, male centric society, parenthood and youth.