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In her critically acclaimed short documentary A Move, the London-based director Elahe Esmaili returns to her hometown of Mashhad, Iran, to help
her parents relocate for the first time in four decades. EsmailirCOs
husband, the Iranian documentary producer Hossein Behboudi Rad, captures
the trip as moments of familial tenderness and friction unfold. Inspired
by IranrCOs rCyWoman, Life, FreedomrCO movement, which was sparked by the death of Mahsa-Jina Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly not wearing her hijab properly, Esmaili chooses not to cover
her hair during a visit to extended family. This delicate yet deliberate
act of protest dismays her mother and unsettles some older relatives,
but, among the young women present, it opens up candid conversations
about traditions, gender and culture. Through this framing, Esmaili
draws out apt parallels between her parentsrCO change of scenery and
shifting attitudes in the country...
https://aeon.co/videos/in-an-act-of-resistance-elahe-forgoes-a-hijab-at-a-family-party
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