Movie about Iranian women's rights activists nominated at Cinema for Peace Award
radio zamaneh
17-Feb-2010

Women in Shroud, a documentary co-produced by Farid Haerinehad and Mohammadreza Kazemi, was nominated for the Cinema For Peace award, an annual initiative that promotes humanity through film. This is the first Iranian film ever nominated for this prize.

Women in Shroud documents the struggles of Iranian women's rights activists fighting against discriminatory laws and their indefatigable efforts to rescue women sentenced to stoning. The 73-minute documentary challenges the discriminatory laws of Iran's judicial system.

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