Cairo 6,7,8

Cairo 678 (originally titled "678"), directed by Mohamed Diab, is an Egyptian film about three women in Cairo seeking justice after being sexually harassed. The film's title refers to bus route 678, where one of the characters is harassed daily. It draws on a real 2006 Eid holiday incident in downtown Cairo, when dozens of women were assaulted by a crowd of men in an attack captured on cell phone cameras and spread online, and on the real story of Noha Roushdy, who filed and won Egypt's first case of its kind in 2008. Director Diab spent a year researching women's real experiences. Despite calls from conservative groups to ban it, the film was not banned; it was released just months before the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and sparked a wide public debate about street sexual harassment, winning awards at festivals including the Dubai International Film Festival. Who it's for: anyone curious about a bold Egyptian film, drawn from a real mass harassment incident and Egypt's first harassment lawsuit, that sparked a nationwide debate. Who it's not for: those wanting a light, conflict-free narrative, since the film confronts sexual harassment directly and with uncomfortable realism.