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“Farah,” a bread seller, walks the streets of a Middle Eastern town, while an American military vehicle, surrounded by soldiers, slowly passes by. A moment’s silence, then, a devastating explosion. Civilians are bloodied, wounded. The horrors of war. But nothing here is quite what it seems. In fact, “Farah” is a character played by an aspiring actress called Laila. And this isn’t Iraq, but a replica village erected on the Fort Irwin army base in California, used to train American troops before being sent abroad. Laila believes her acting talents are being wasted away in this arid simulation, where female role-players are limited to background roles.
Laila plots her way out…

Shako Mako is the 17^th episode from Miu Miu Women’s Tales directed by Hailey Gates and previewed at the Vista Theatre in Los Angeles on January 25, 2019.