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Boomah

"The street always collects..."

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CrimeThrillerDrama
In the slums of Jordan, power circulates through fear, favors, and violence. Boomah, a volatile street enforcer, survives on petty extortion and intimidation because for those at the bottom, crime is the only work that pays. Children move through the same streets she controls, selling goods, running messages, learning the rules of danger before adulthood; Boomah frightens them, exploits them, and sometimes protects them, caught between the instincts of a predator and the shadow of her own abandoned childhood. Surrounded by women struggling to shield their families, she carries a fractured relationship to motherhood, shaped by loss and survival rather than care. When a new, more organized criminal force begins to restructure the underground economy, independent lives like hers grow increasingly disposable, and Boomah is pushed to confront what it means to survive in a world where violence is labor, children inherit the streets, and motherhood is both a wound and a responsibility.

Director of Photography

Zaid Abu Hamdan

Director

Zaid Abu Hamdan

Producer

Gianluca Chakra

Co-Producer

Carine Chaiban

Co-Producer

Maia Malas

Co-Producer

Eli Touma

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Status

Post Production

Countries

  • Jordan
  • United Arab Emirates

Companies

  • Front Row Filmed Entertainment
  • Bayt Al Shawareb
  • Bounce Productions