Hair & Her – The Politics of Hair Bound. Unbound. Short. Long. Coloured. Grey. Hair is beauty and protest, identity and statement. At the recent India Art Fair (IAF), an installation of 16 images — of a woman covered in hair, almost imprisoned by it — was one of the most photographed. An accompanying short […]
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Mia Goth as Pearl in ‘Pearl’ | Photo Credit: A24 After a gruelling couple of years lost to the pandemic, cinema made a comeback in 2022, and how! We saw the larger-than-life heroes return to the screens with jaw-dropping action sequences, and space was made for fables on imperfect parents and their misguided efforts at […]
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Fearlessness is a quality Mahnaz Mohammadi is often associated with. But the Iranian filmmaker and women’s rights activist, recipient of the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala’s (IFFK) Spirit of Cinema Award, says her first exposure to cinema, as a child, started with fear. Unable to make it to Kerala due to a travel ban […]
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Greek filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari handing over to Kerala Chalachitra Academy chairman Ranjith a lock of hair from Iranian filmmaker and women’s rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi on Friday which she sent as a mark of protest against the Iranian government’s travel ban on her. | Photo Credit: S. MAHINSHA A lock of hair all the […]
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Activists issued a call for fresh demonstrations as the Iranian working week got underway on October 22, 2022. Activists issued a call for fresh demonstrations as the Iranian working week got underway on October 22, 2022. Shopkeepers and factory workers went on strike in Iran on Saturday as nationwide protests sparked by the death in […]
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The protesters drew support from the U.S. President Joe Biden, who said he was “stunned” by the mass demonstrations, now in their fifth week. The protesters drew support from the U.S. President Joe Biden, who said he was “stunned” by the mass demonstrations, now in their fifth week. Iranian activists called for fresh nationwide protests […]
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Iran’s government insists Amini was not mistreated, but her family says her body showed bruises and other signs of beating Iran’s government insists Amini was not mistreated, but her family says her body showed bruises and other signs of beating Iran intensified its crackdown on Tuesday on Kurdish areas in the country’s west as protests […]
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Wearing a hijab or not wearing one should never be construed as a challenge to the state; rather it is a personal choice Wearing a hijab or not wearing one should never be construed as a challenge to the state; rather it is a personal choice In the propagation of the myth of all-round vulnerability […]
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The demonstrations began over the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman held by the country’s morality police for allegedly violating its strictly enforced dress code. The demonstrations began over the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman held by the country’s morality police for allegedly violating its strictly enforced dress code. Clashes between Iranian […]
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