Raha Faridi

Sound and scenes from south of Iran. The story of a musician omitted from society, who inspired a generation by songs of freedom, love and pain.

An Iranian woman who has just forcibly moved to Berlin after being targeted in her home in Tehran by security forces, is homesick for a country that no longer exists. As she moves through Berlin, she is confronted on her phone with images from Iran, where the death of Mahsa Amini as a result of police violence in 2022 sparked the “Woman Life Freedom” movement.

Sound and scenes from south of Iran. The story of a musician omitted from society, who inspired a generation by songs of freedom, love and pain.

An Iranian woman who has just forcibly moved to Berlin after being targeted in her home in Tehran by security forces, is homesick for a country that no longer exists. As she moves through Berlin, she is confronted on her phone with images from Iran, where the death of Mahsa Amini as a result of police violence in 2022 sparked the “Woman Life Freedom” movement.