53 minutes that'll wreck your worldview — Iran's women said 'enough' and the world blinked.
In September 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, died in police custody. She had been arrested by Iran’s religious police, accused of not wearing her hijab properly. The authorities said she had died of a heart attack, but rumors spread that she had been beaten on arrest. Citizens took to the streets in their thousands in fury. This is an extraordinary and shocking insight into what has been happening across Iran, revealing a regime under huge pressure and resorting to extreme cruelty to control its citizens.
Direction
Neisi smuggled footage most filmmakers wouldn't dare touch.
Editing
Tight 53min runtime — every second earns its stay.
Practical Effects
Citizen-shot footage that professional crews couldn't capture.
Director
Majed Neisi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Woman, Life, Freedom' chant heard throughout originated in Kurdish revolutionary movements — Amini was Kurdish, a detail often erased in Western coverage.
Director Majed Neisi completed filming while Iranian authorities were actively arresting documentary crews; several sources appear pseudonymously or not at all.
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WE LOVE YOU, WE SEE YOU, WE STAND BY YOU, GIRLS AND WOMEN OF IRAN. YOU WILL WIN❗❗❗
@JojoKoko 10
Beautiful, irreverent, wonderful, intelligent, young women and girls! The women of the world admire, respect and applaud you all!
@PegsFlamingoville 16
The bravery of these young women and girls in facing down authoritarianism is humbling and awe inspiring.
@ronkirk5099 13
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