TEHRAN, MARCH 1979 IRANIAN WOMEN MARCH AGAINST THE VEIL

"It would be unthinkable that today, the retention, even the confiscation of these images, come from the very place that produced them." (our friend Marie Dedieu, actress, feminist, journalist, on September 25, 2011)

March 1979, Tehran: IRANIAN WOMEN MARCH FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND AGAINST THE MANDATORY VEIL Help Save these Historical Pictures! Sign here

In 1979, from March 7 to March 13, Iranian women marched in Tehran and other cities, for their rights and against the mandatory veil. Four French feminists filmed and photographed these historical events, and produced a short documentary, Mouvement de libération des femmes iraniennes, année zéro, now known in the Iranian community as Year Zero. Alas, this film was never distributed by its producers, but found a new life on the Internet, the year of the Green movement. These invaluable images, the 16mm footage, and the photographs must be saved, restored if necessary, and released. They belong to the history of the women's movements and the collective memory of the Iranian people. (Update: in June 2023, the French National Library BnF has offered to digitize and restore the 16mm rushes, and Taraneh's interview; no answer yet from Des femmes)
In solidarity with Iranian women, their life, and their liberty, we —Iranians, filmmakers, artists, feminists, authors, cultural leaders, historians, and archivists— join Claudine Mulard, co-author of the documentary Iranian Women’s Liberation Movement, Year Zero (13 min, 16mm, color), filmed in Tehran in March 1979 when Iranian women marched against the mandatory veil and for their rights, and we call for the producers of Des femmes filment to save and digitize the 16mm raw footage, and to make this historical film, and the related photographs, accessible to the Iranian community requesting them, and to all, in never-ending support of women fighting in Iran. (Watch YEAR ZERO with English subtitles on DOCUNIGHT.)

Sauver les images des femmes iraniennes manifestant à Téhéran en mars 1979

En solidarité avec les femmes iraniennes, leur vie, leur liberté, nous, Iranien.ne.s, cinéastes, artistes, féministes, auteur.e.s, responsables culturels, historien.ne.s, archivistes, rejoignons Claudine Mulard, co-auteure du documentaire Mouvement de libération des femmes iraniennes, Année Zéro (13 min, 16mm, couleur) filmé à Téhéran en mars 1979, quand les femmes iraniennes manifestaient contre le port obligatoire du voile et pour leurs droits, et appelons les productrices de Des femmes filment à sauvegarder et numériser les rushes en 16mm, et à rendre ce documentaire historique, et les photographies, accessibles à la communauté iranienne qui les réclame, et à toutes et à tous, pour continuer à soutenir les luttes des femmes en Iran. Extraits de Année Zéro diffusés le 22 mars 1979 au journal d'Antenne 2 Dossier du ministère de l'Éducation nationale : en-1979-des-iraniennes-manifestent-contre-le-port-obligatoire-du-voile

در حال ذخیره تصاویر زنان ایرانی در تظاهرات در تهران در مارس ۱۹۷۹

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