SHORT SYNOPSISA TEN-MINUTE SHORT FILM FOR THE EVOCA FOUNDATION, SET TO MAYA ANGELOU'S 'STILL I RISE'.
THE FILM PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE #WOMANLIFEFREEDOM MOVEMENT THROUGH THE STORY OF A TEENAGE GIRL RESISTING THE PATRIARCHAL ‘MORALITY POLICE,’ AFTER SHE IS KIDNAPPED FROM THE STREETS OF TEHRAN. IT'S SADLY REMINISCENT OF THE STORY OF 22-YEAR-OLD MASHA AMINI, WHO DIED WHILE IN POLICE CUSTODY FOR ALLEGEDLY WEARING A LOOSE HEADSCARF.
RISE CELEBRATES AND HONOURS THE FIERCE WOMEN OF IRAN, ALONGSIDE WOMEN AND GIRLS ACROSS THE GLOBE.
MANY OF THE CREW REMAIN ANONYMOUS DUE TO FEAR OF INVOLVEMENT.
