Iran-e Man (ایران من)

Eight months ago, Mahsa Amini died in custody after being detained by Iran’s morality police.

Mahsa Amini, 22, was accused of not complying with the country’s strict hijab rules, and three days after her arrest, she was dead. Protests erupted nationwide, led by women who tore off their hijabs and cut their hair. Despite media coverage of the continued protests slowing, the prosecution of women who appear in public unveiled remains steadfast, as is the deeply entrenched law that perpetuates that women are second-class citizens.

In the hope of keeping the conversation going about the women-led revolution in Iran, Naghmeh Pour directed Iran-e Man (ایران من) in collaboration with PAIRI DAEZA’s Woman Life Freedom Project. The result: a poetic ode to the spirit of revolution and the richness that is Iranian women. Interwoven within the film are scarves that have been designed by twelve Iranian artists, with profits going towards Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, a human rights organisation supporting the women’s movement in Iran. Featured artists include Ardeshir Tabrizi, Arghavan Khosravi, Hana Shahnavaz, Hanieh Ghashghaei, Mahboubeh Absalan, Maryam Keyhani, Maryam Sefati, Mona Danesh, Rahiilzz, Sara Emami, Tala Madani and Yasaman Rezaee, who have helped turn a symbol of suppression into empowerment, as art has proven too so many times in the past.