Women and Documentary Film in Contemporary Iran

Reframing Reality

Najmeh Moradiyan-Rizi

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Edinburgh University Press
30 April 2025

Film theory & criticism; Documentary movies & films

By merging three (inter)disciplinary areas of documentary film studies, women's and gender studies, and Iranian studies, this book looks at how Iranian women documentarians have engaged with gender politics and sociocultural and technological changes since the late 1990s to produce a dynamic new range of documentary modes in regard to production, financing, distribution and exhibition, as well as forms and themes.

In mapping out the politics and aesthetics of women's independent documentary film practices in contemporary Iran, Women and Documentary Film in Contemporary Iran: Reframing Reality delineates how women documentarians have incorporated the unique possibilities offered by the documentary medium to perform their agency, subjectivity and creativity, and how the medium of documentary itself has served as a much-needed document of, and advocate for, Iranian women's issues.

By: Najmeh Moradiyan-Rizi
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781399525701
ISBN 10: 1399525700
Pages: 186
Publication Date: 30 April 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Najmeh Moradiyan-Rizi is Assistant Professor of Film Studies at the Old Dominion University in Virginia, USA.

Reviews for Women and Documentary Film in Contemporary Iran: Reframing Reality

This pioneering study illustrates the pivotal role Iranian women documentary filmmakers have played in inflecting the sociocultural and political changes that have swept Iran since the Reform Era (1997-2005). Through richly-textured interviews and analyses, Moradiyan-Rizi shows how women have deployed advances in digital technologies to foreground women's voices and experiences.-- ""Nasrin Rahimieh, University of California, Irvine"" Women and Documentary Film in Contemporary Iran: Reframing Reality is a refreshing resource, blending theoretical insight with practical experiences. It offers a nuanced understanding of Iranian women's pivotal role in documentary filmmaking, covering production practices, distribution, autobiographical narratives, and activism. A vital contribution to documentary, gender, and Iranian studies, this book is a must-read for scholars and filmmakers alike.-- ""Maryam Ghorbankarimi, Associate Professor in Film, Lancaster University'""