In defense of women and criticism of the dark space of cinema

Fars News Agency – Art Group: The story began with the revelation of an assistant director on Instagram. In fact, the story began long ago; From the revelations against “Aydin. Famous painter, especially after breaking the record in the Tehran auction. Of course, it started even earlier; Where dozens of girls graduated from the University of Tehran against a person named “Saturn. They revealed on Twitter and the number of rape reports increased so much that the police intervened and arrested the person.

After that, the MeToo movement against sexual abuse and harassment continued vigorously in Iran, and from time to time, stories of harassment and harassment were published in the field of art, journalism, etc., until the first days. New century, “Somayeh Mirshamsi” assistant director for the harassment by the famous actor “Farhad. He had seen one of Hatef Alimardani’s works while filming. Reactions to the revelation by the filmmakers were almost nil, with only a handful of filmmakers such as Babak Karimi defending Mirshamsi.

The actor wrote: “Several colleagues criticized that” for some time now, some people have been trying to silence the artists by attacking them, and this kind of writing is pouring water on the mill of this group and discrediting the cinema. ” No dear friends! What makes the film industry invalid is our own silence and passivity. When a filmmaker and director, aware that someone has mistreated agents several times and harassed the group, they continue to invite them to work without warning. , Its partners are harassment.

Then, Jafar Goodarzi, President of the Iranian Cinema Critics and Writers Association, wrote: “I praise Somayeh Mirshamsi, who, despite the difficulty and torment of speaking about the fact that she had to pay for her reputation, showed courage and this hidden oppression.” Shouted. Certainly silence about this will lead to more victims being slaughtered.

The board of directors of the Association of Cinema Planners and Assistant Directors also reacted to this revelation and wrote: We have enough will and executive power to create psychological, economic, life, personality and maintain the existence of the Iranian cinema workforce, so please in absolutely no Do not feel anxious and by your silence do not allow the possibility of abusing the position and job position to those who do not show the dignity of collective work at all.

* Expect to preserve the dignity of women in art and cinema

Perhaps it was after this flip that female filmmakers chose to break the silence and issue a statement about the harassment they have seen in the cinema over the years. “Not only is there no mechanism to deter the person in power from committing violence, but in an unwritten agreement violence against women in the workplace is normalized and there are no serious consequences for the perpetrator, and the perpetrators are notorious,” they wrote in the statement. The credit gained by their fans has no fear of losing these crimes.

Now, after the publication of this statement, which shows that the female actors are bored, should we see that the silence of the cinema classes and the cinema house, as well as the cinema organization, is broken? Is it possible to imagine an end to vulgarity in art, especially cinema, which has been repeatedly warned by sympathizers of the country’s culture?

In the Islamic Republic of Iran, 30% of the faculty of universities are women, we have 100,000 female doctors, and women have won 735 overseas medals in the past year alone. Is it expected that in other fields where the dignity of women is observed in the country, in the field of art, especially cinema, the dignity of women was observed?

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