<DIV>Yes, Rakhshan bani-etamad is the same as Panahi and Milani but more honest. </DIV> <DIV>But you should watch the following films to get a real sense about the situation of women in Iran:</DIV> <DIV>Boutiques (about run away girls in Iran)</DIV> <DIV>I, Taraneh, 15</DIV> <DIV>The girl in sneakers</DIV> <DIV>Tear of cold </DIV> <DIV>Water and fire</DIV> <DIV>Red</DIV> <DIV>The beautiful city</DIV> <DIV>Twenty fingers (made by Mania Akbari the actress in 10) </DIV> <DIV>The day I became a woman</DIV> <DIV>Divorce Iranian Style</DIV> <DIV>Secret Ballot</DIV> <DIV>Spouse</DIV> <DIV>Zinat</DIV> <DIV>Mokarameh</DIV> <DIV>And many others.<BR>You should definitely see 10 and I would be interested to know your opinion.</DIV> <DIV><BR><B><I>Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On 8/16/06, sepideh koosha <SEPIDEHKPFALSB@YAHOO.COM>wrote:<BR>> Nobody can really understand the situation of women in Iran without really<BR>> studying Iranian cinema. And by Iranian cinema, I don't mean directors like<BR>> Tahmineh Milani and her crowd. Iranians have been expressing themselves and<BR>> their politics through movies for the past 20 years. Directors like<BR>> Kiarostami and his film 10 is the best example of the situation of women in<BR>> Iran.<BR><BR>I haven't seen 10 yet, but now that you mention it, I will soon.<BR><BR>Women in Iran do look like caged birds if we only look at films by<BR>Tahmineh Milani, Jafar Panahi, etc.<BR><BR>What about Rakhshan Bani Etemad?<BR><BR>> I attended Ganji's talk in UC Berkeley regarding Gender apartheid in Iran.<BR>> As Ganji himself admitted these stats say one thing, but the reality of<BR>> society is another thing.<BR><BR>True, stats on women's labor participation rates, economically active<BR>women, etc. for instance, tend to undercount women in rural areas,<BR>women in the informal sector, etc. It's not like women who don't show<BR>up in stats are doing only housework.<BR><BR>-- <BR>Yoshie<BR><HTTP: montages.blogspot.com /><BR><HTTP: mrzine.org><BR><HTTP: monthlyreview.org /><BR>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>