Veiled Ambition

{{Short description|2006 short film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

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| writer = Celeste Geer

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| director = Celeste Geer{{cite press release

| title = Veiled Ambition Press Kit

| publisher = St. Kilda Film Festival

| date = 9 June 2007

| url = http://www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au/presskits/Veiled%20Ambition%20-%20Press%20Kit.pdf

| accessdate = 28 August 2007 }}

| starring = Frida

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| theme_music_composer = Patrick Robertson

| country = Australia

| language = English

| num_episodes = 1

| producer = Jeni McMahon

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| runtime = 26 minutes

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| network = Special Broadcasting Service

| first_aired = June 2006{{start date|df=yes|2007|1|3}}{{cite web

| title =SBS: What's On (03/01/07)

| publisher = SBS

| date = 3 January 2007

| url = http://www.sbs.com.au/whatson/index.php3?progdate=03:01:2007

| accessdate = 28 August 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070717182644/http://www.sbs.com.au/whatson/index.php3?progdate=03:01:2007 |archivedate = 17 July 2007}}

| last_aired = {{end date|df=yes|2007|7|25}}{{cite web

| title = SBS: What's On (25/07/07)

| publisher = SBS

| date = 25 July 2007

| url = http://www.sbs.com.au/whatson/index.php3?progdate=25:07:2007

| accessdate = 28 August 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070717172138/http://www.sbs.com.au/whatson/index.php3?progdate=25:07:2007 |archivedate = 17 July 2007}}

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Veiled Ambition is a 1-part documentary created by Rebel Films for the SBS independent network following a Lebanese-Australian woman named Frida as she opens a shop selling fashionable clothing for Muslim women on Melbourne's Sydney Road.

The documentary follows Frida, described as a "little aussie battler in a scarf" as she develops her business in Melbourne while juggling a husband and home in Sydney and a pregnancy.{{cite web

|title = Veiled Ambition

|publisher = Ronin Films

|url = http://www.roninfilms.com.au/feature/2438059845.html

|accessdate = 28 August 2007

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070831082732/http://www.roninfilms.com.au/feature/2438059845.html

|archive-date = 31 August 2007

|url-status = dead

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A down-turn in sales after police raids on Muslim homes in Sydney and Melbourne induces Frida to stage a fashion show at the Australian Bridal Expo in order to gain greater exposure, a month before she is due to give birth.

Veiled Ambition won the Palace Films Award for Short Film Promoting Human Rights at the 2006 Melbourne International Film Festival.{{cite news | url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/bridging-the-personalpolitical-gap/2006/08/13/1155407666162.html | title=Bridging the personal-political gap | date=14 August 2006 | first=Jake | last=Wilson | accessdate=23 May 2010 | location=Melbourne | work=The Age}}