Female
filmmakers in Iran are taking incredible risks in the face of
censorship and government control to create documentaries chronicling
social and political issues in the country. Blocked at every turn by
secretive security agents and funding freezes, genuine cinema is being
pushed into the shadows.
Yet despite interference from
authorities, a handful of women directors are determined to join with
their male counterparts to bring Iranian cinema to the world
filmmakers in Iran are taking incredible risks in the face of
censorship and government control to create documentaries chronicling
social and political issues in the country. Blocked at every turn by
secretive security agents and funding freezes, genuine cinema is being
pushed into the shadows.
Yet despite interference from
authorities, a handful of women directors are determined to join with
their male counterparts to bring Iranian cinema to the world
