Programme 2010
Programme 2010
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| We Are Half of Iran’s Population |
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| Synopsis | From 14 years There are a large number of feminist activists in Iran. They come from a very broad political as well as social spectrum. Here, they tell the presidential candidates for the June, 2009 election what their demands are and ask them precise questions. Three of the candidates give them their answers. Mahmud Ahmadinejad, at the end of his previous term at the time, refused to participate in the film. | |||||||||
| Comment | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad directs her film in such a way that the medium of cinema is used for direct political communication: «Our need is to get the authorities to hear our voices.» And these voices express themselves loudly and clearly, protesting against the political, social, and above all legal discrimination against women. The film is so powerful because it goes further than making a list of grievances: it shows the intellectual and practical mobilization of these militant women as they aim at making the male politicians understand that «We are not begging you for anything.We are half of the population, and you carry responsibility for assuring our legitimate rights.» In the wake of the June 12, 2009 presidential election, this film takes on a very particular resonance, for it continues to make those voices heard that the authorities are now trying to silence. | |||||||||
| Editing | Reza Bahrami Nezhad | |||||||||
| Images | Reza Teimoori | |||||||||
| Sound | Yadollahe Najafi | |||||||||
| Music | Siamak Kalantari | |||||||||
| Producer, Production | Rakhshan Bani-Etemad | |||||||||
| Distribution | contact copie: Sheherazad Media International (Smi) 1, 3rd Sarvestan, Pasdaran St, Shariati Ave,. Tehran 16619 Iran. Tel: +98 (21) 22 86 32 60 / 61 sheherazad[at]smediaint.com | |||||||||
| Film presented in the FIFF | 2010 | |||||||||
