Sepideh Abtahi

A Five-Part Documentary About Iranian Food Culture. Each Part Focuses On a Different Dish and Explores its Cultural Background in Iran Through Characters, Music, and Archival Footage. Part 1: Abgoosht, Part 2: Fried Egg, Part 3: Baghali Ghatogh, Part 4: Kabab Koobideh, and Part 5: Sandwiches. In Each Part, the Film Explores Memories and Traditions, Revealing the Social Contexts Associated with Each Dish

In this absorbing film, seven independent female Iranian documentary makers take us into their personal and professional world, in an Iran that continues to be punctured by political, social and economic crises. What becomes clear over seven autobiographical chapters, is that choosing to become a documentary maker in Iran is a brave decision, often placing your liberty in danger. These women are driven by the need to document their world, and the forces that continue to restrict their movement and freedom. Whether it is making a film about department stores in Tehran featuring mannequins with severed heads and breasts, or the women singers they used to love as children, who have been banned from radio and TV since the revolution, or the huge swell of hope that comes with each election, these directors provide a rare and incisive view inside contemporary Iran, a country they continue to love, even as they will it to change.

A Five-Part Documentary About Iranian Food Culture. Each Part Focuses On a Different Dish and Explores its Cultural Background in Iran Through Characters, Music, and Archival Footage. Part 1: Abgoosht, Part 2: Fried Egg, Part 3: Baghali Ghatogh, Part 4: Kabab Koobideh, and Part 5: Sandwiches. In Each Part, the Film Explores Memories and Traditions, Revealing the Social Contexts Associated with Each Dish

A Five-Part Documentary About Iranian Food Culture. Each Part Focuses On a Different Dish and Explores its Cultural Background in Iran Through Characters, Music, and Archival Footage. Part 1: Abgoosht, Part 2: Fried Egg, Part 3: Baghali Ghatogh, Part 4: Kabab Koobideh, and Part 5: Sandwiches. In Each Part, the Film Explores Memories and Traditions, Revealing the Social Contexts Associated with Each Dish

In this absorbing film, seven independent female Iranian documentary makers take us into their personal and professional world, in an Iran that continues to be punctured by political, social and economic crises. What becomes clear over seven autobiographical chapters, is that choosing to become a documentary maker in Iran is a brave decision, often placing your liberty in danger. These women are driven by the need to document their world, and the forces that continue to restrict their movement and freedom. Whether it is making a film about department stores in Tehran featuring mannequins with severed heads and breasts, or the women singers they used to love as children, who have been banned from radio and TV since the revolution, or the huge swell of hope that comes with each election, these directors provide a rare and incisive view inside contemporary Iran, a country they continue to love, even as they will it to change.