
Dubai-based Front Row Productions has acquired all rights to the story of Sally Hafez, the young woman who, in order to pay for her sister's cancer treatment, walked into a Beirut bank and used a toy gun to take money from her savings account which had been locked due to Lebanon's financial crisis.
Front Row Productions, a joint venture between prominent MENA region distribution companies Front Row Filmed Entertainment and Beirut-based Empire Entertainment, plans to explore different aspects of the Hafez story through feature films, TV series, docuseries, and a podcast series. The company aims to delve into 'the various angles of Sally's unique but relatable journey from a patriotic activist to a disenfranchised citizen taking it upon herself to be divisive,' as stated in a press release.