Secretly filmed in Iran for over two years, Nasrin is an immersive portrait of human rights activist and political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh and Iran’s remarkably resilient women’s rights movement. Nasrin has long fought for the rights of women, children, LGBT prisoners, religious minorities, journalists and artists, and those facing the death penalty. She was arrested in 2018 for representing women who protested Iran’s mandatory hijab law and sentenced to 38 years in prison, plus 148 lashes. Narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Olivia Colman and featuring acclaimed filmmaker Jafar Panahi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, journalist Ann Curry, exiled women’s rights activist Mansoureh Shojaee, and Nasrin Sotoudeh.
Direction
Clandestine filming creates unbearable intimacy and constant danger
Production
Footage smuggled out piece by piece over two years
Acting
Olivia Colman's narration lands with devastating restraint
Director
Jeff Kaufman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jeff Kaufman never entered Iran; all footage was shot by a network of anonymous Iranian filmmakers who could face decades in prison if identified.
Nasrin's 2018 arrest came after she defended women who removed their hijabs in public — the 'Girls of Revolution Street' protests that terrified Iran's regime more than almost anything since 1979.
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