We are Half of Iran's Population

This film is part of UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema.

Program funded by Farhang Foundation and the United States Department of State.

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WE ARE HALF OF IRAN’S POPULATION
(2009) Directed by Rakhshan Bani-E’temad

Filmed three months before the June 2009 presidential elections, this documentary gathers several women’s rights activists who raise pressing issues for the benefit of presidential candidates, including a demand that Iran join the United Nations’ convention on discrimination against women. Three candidates (not including Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) are later seen viewing the footage with their wives. An indispensable document of contemporary social concerns.

Producer: Rakhshan Bani-E’temad. Camera:Reza Teimoori. Editor: Reza Bahrami Nezhad. DV, 47 min.