First, I have to say that if I got to see a large number of documentaries out of Iran I might not have rated this as a 10. It's really hard to say, since I DON'T get to see many others.
I found this documentary to be extremely educational and informative and SURPRISING. All my life when I heard about countries where women are forced to wear the long robes and do not have equal rights I assumed that the women in such countries were meek and slavish in personality as well. I was WRONG about that...! I was shocked, bewildered and delighted to see how incredibly FEISTY these women were! Although I disagree vehemently with the religious and political laws that give women less than equal rights, I was given a sense of new hope when I saw that even without the rights I consider they should have these women are NOT without spirit. Sometimes their personalities were downright hilarious to me -- causing me to laugh in shocked surprise! I think this film made me realize perhaps for the first time in my life that just because religions or cultures or governments may try to restrain and train the human spirit, the human spirit yet still bubbles out. I found myself feeling a great fondness for Iranian women. Whereas before seeing this film I felt we would simply not have enough in common to enjoy so much as a dinner together, now I feel certain I would adore to have them over to my house for a dinner party (though I'd need translators to come along as well).
Someone told me once that if it is real art you are changed by it. This film changed me. It's its own unexpected way it is true art!
I found this documentary to be extremely educational and informative and SURPRISING. All my life when I heard about countries where women are forced to wear the long robes and do not have equal rights I assumed that the women in such countries were meek and slavish in personality as well. I was WRONG about that...! I was shocked, bewildered and delighted to see how incredibly FEISTY these women were! Although I disagree vehemently with the religious and political laws that give women less than equal rights, I was given a sense of new hope when I saw that even without the rights I consider they should have these women are NOT without spirit. Sometimes their personalities were downright hilarious to me -- causing me to laugh in shocked surprise! I think this film made me realize perhaps for the first time in my life that just because religions or cultures or governments may try to restrain and train the human spirit, the human spirit yet still bubbles out. I found myself feeling a great fondness for Iranian women. Whereas before seeing this film I felt we would simply not have enough in common to enjoy so much as a dinner together, now I feel certain I would adore to have them over to my house for a dinner party (though I'd need translators to come along as well).
Someone told me once that if it is real art you are changed by it. This film changed me. It's its own unexpected way it is true art!