Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo has released the music video for “How Can I Tell You?” from the new documentary “Nasrin.” The song is written by Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music). The film chronicles the life of activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, who fought for women’s rights in Iran, as well as the rights of children and journalists, and was arrested in June 2018. She’s serving a sentence of 38 years in prison.
Said Kidjo who featured on the BBC’s list of the 100 most inspiring and influential women: “I am so glad to be part of this beautiful project. I want Nasrin to be free because if she’s not free, none of us are free. She’s fighting for human rights, the right to decide what we want to do with our lives, the right to choose our own future. I think each one of us around the world...
Said Kidjo who featured on the BBC’s list of the 100 most inspiring and influential women: “I am so glad to be part of this beautiful project. I want Nasrin to be free because if she’s not free, none of us are free. She’s fighting for human rights, the right to decide what we want to do with our lives, the right to choose our own future. I think each one of us around the world...
- 1/6/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Virgil Films & Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Nasrin, a documentary about activist Nasrin Sotoudeh narrated by Oscar winner Olivia Colman.
Sotoudeh is a human rights activists and an outspoken leader of Iran’s women’s rights movement. Last week, she cited serious health concerns in ending a six-week hunger strike in Evin Prison, where she has been serving a nearly four-decade sentence. Millions of people from around the world have called for her release.
Secretly filmed in Iran by men and women who asked that they not be identified due to the high level of risk involved, Nasrin is directed, produced, written by Jeff Kaufman and produced by Marcia S. Ross. The pair earned Emmy nominations for Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life.
The film features an original song by Tony-winning composers Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, performed by Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo. Washington Post columnist...
Sotoudeh is a human rights activists and an outspoken leader of Iran’s women’s rights movement. Last week, she cited serious health concerns in ending a six-week hunger strike in Evin Prison, where she has been serving a nearly four-decade sentence. Millions of people from around the world have called for her release.
Secretly filmed in Iran by men and women who asked that they not be identified due to the high level of risk involved, Nasrin is directed, produced, written by Jeff Kaufman and produced by Marcia S. Ross. The pair earned Emmy nominations for Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life.
The film features an original song by Tony-winning composers Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, performed by Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo. Washington Post columnist...
- 9/29/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Odd Thomas” and “Saige Paints the Sky” actor Laurel Harris is narrating PeaceJam Productions’ feature documentary “Shirin Ebadi: Until We Are Free,” one of 28 films selected for the Venice film festival’s gap financing market.
The film is directed by Dawn Gifford Engle, whose previous documentary, “The Dalai Lama: Scientist,” was also narrated by Harris and premiered at Venice 2019.
The first Muslim woman to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi has inspired millions around the globe through her work as a human rights lawyer defending women and children in Iran. The film is the story of one woman against the system, a woman who never gives up.
“It has been an honor to work with so many remarkable Nobel Peace laureates, including the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Shirin Ebadi, as part of the PeaceJam Nobel Legacy film series and to lend my voice to Shirin’s...
The film is directed by Dawn Gifford Engle, whose previous documentary, “The Dalai Lama: Scientist,” was also narrated by Harris and premiered at Venice 2019.
The first Muslim woman to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi has inspired millions around the globe through her work as a human rights lawyer defending women and children in Iran. The film is the story of one woman against the system, a woman who never gives up.
“It has been an honor to work with so many remarkable Nobel Peace laureates, including the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Shirin Ebadi, as part of the PeaceJam Nobel Legacy film series and to lend my voice to Shirin’s...
- 8/21/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
We are very excited to invite you to join us online for our 5th biennial conference, Defending the Defenders! Building Global Support for Women Human Rights Defenders. Over 120 women including Nobel peace laureates and frontline activists from the Middle East, Africa and Central America?will gather in the Netherlands from April 24-26 to discuss how the international community can protect women human rights defenders across the globe. “Women activists are on the frontlines of some of the globe’s most pressing conflicts,” says Jody Williams, Nobel peace laureate (USA) and chair of the Nobel Women’s Initiative. “These women play an essential role in pushing back against those wishing to repress basic human democratic rights.” Williams will be joined at the conference by sister Nobel peace laureates Shirin Ebadi (Iran), Mairead Maguire (Northern Ireland) and Leymah Gbowee (Liberia), as well as globally-known human rights experts. Women human rights defenders are...
- 4/21/2015
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Despite the increasing prominence of women in high profile careers that were once exclusive to males, the crucial decision-making roles and large portion of political and legislative positions are still filled by men. Directed by Emmanuel Itier and produced by Sharon Stone, the documentary Femme:Women Healing the World examines the current conflicts and crisis humanity must face through a feminine perspective, one that is based on love and the nurturing instinct of women, and which could mean an alternative approach to a male-dominated world.
After a single sold-out theatrical screening on September 11 in Los Angeles, readers can now become Affiliates of Femme and make a 20% sales commission on all views of the film through their Facebook page and websites. Details are here: https://femmethemovie.com/become-an-affiliate/.
Four more theatrical screenings are coming up:
September 18 and 19 at The Global Peace Film Festival Orlando: http://globalpeace.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/femme0_emmanuelitier_globalpeace2013, September 21, 7:30pm at Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose, Los Angeles,where The Humanitarian Award will be bestowed upon the film.September 29, 1:30pm at Aidikoof screening room, 150 S. Rodeo Drive for The Lady Filmmakers Festival: http://www.ladyfilmmakers.com/2013-sunday-schedule.html
Please invite all of your friends to support and watch Femme! and earn 20%! Together Let's Heal The World!
Featuring interviews with leading women from all walks of life, Femme deals with a wide range of issues from war, to global warming, to the share responsibility of both partners when raising a child. The list of celebrated women includes Gloria Steinem, Maria Bello, Shirin Ebadi, and Maria Conchita Alonso, among many others.
Itier wants to present femininity as a virtue rather than a weakness. It doesn’t pretend to be a feminist film that vilifies men, but rather one that empowers both women and men to join forces and learn from their differences and their common goals. As Evolutionary Biologist Elisabeth Sahtouris mentions “Any woman who knows how to run a household knows how to run a world”...
After a single sold-out theatrical screening on September 11 in Los Angeles, readers can now become Affiliates of Femme and make a 20% sales commission on all views of the film through their Facebook page and websites. Details are here: https://femmethemovie.com/become-an-affiliate/.
Four more theatrical screenings are coming up:
September 18 and 19 at The Global Peace Film Festival Orlando: http://globalpeace.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/femme0_emmanuelitier_globalpeace2013, September 21, 7:30pm at Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose, Los Angeles,where The Humanitarian Award will be bestowed upon the film.September 29, 1:30pm at Aidikoof screening room, 150 S. Rodeo Drive for The Lady Filmmakers Festival: http://www.ladyfilmmakers.com/2013-sunday-schedule.html
Please invite all of your friends to support and watch Femme! and earn 20%! Together Let's Heal The World!
Featuring interviews with leading women from all walks of life, Femme deals with a wide range of issues from war, to global warming, to the share responsibility of both partners when raising a child. The list of celebrated women includes Gloria Steinem, Maria Bello, Shirin Ebadi, and Maria Conchita Alonso, among many others.
Itier wants to present femininity as a virtue rather than a weakness. It doesn’t pretend to be a feminist film that vilifies men, but rather one that empowers both women and men to join forces and learn from their differences and their common goals. As Evolutionary Biologist Elisabeth Sahtouris mentions “Any woman who knows how to run a household knows how to run a world”...
- 9/14/2013
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Vision Films, a worldwide distributor of independent films, has announced today that it has picked-up worldwide rights to the inspirational documentary Femme, which is directed by Emmanuel Itier (The Invocation, The Midnight Hour), and executive produced and narrated by Sharon Stone (Casino, Basic Instinct).
Femme features interviews with many internationally recognized speakers including Sharon Stone, Marianne Williamson, Gloria Steinem, Nobel Peace laureates Shirin Ebadi and Maired Maguire, Maria Bello, Angela Davis, Maria Conchita Alonso, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Mary Buffett, Rickie Lee Jones, Jean Houston and Dr. Sue Morter. The soundtrack of the film includes music and songs from well-known artists such as Annie Lennox, Yoko Ono and Rickie Lee Jones. Femme, which has played at numerous international film festivals, is currently available for worldwide release. Vision Films will be introducing the documentary for the first time at the upcoming Marché du Film in Cannes.
Femme is a Celebration of Women...
Femme features interviews with many internationally recognized speakers including Sharon Stone, Marianne Williamson, Gloria Steinem, Nobel Peace laureates Shirin Ebadi and Maired Maguire, Maria Bello, Angela Davis, Maria Conchita Alonso, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Mary Buffett, Rickie Lee Jones, Jean Houston and Dr. Sue Morter. The soundtrack of the film includes music and songs from well-known artists such as Annie Lennox, Yoko Ono and Rickie Lee Jones. Femme, which has played at numerous international film festivals, is currently available for worldwide release. Vision Films will be introducing the documentary for the first time at the upcoming Marché du Film in Cannes.
Femme is a Celebration of Women...
- 5/13/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Vision Films has announced today that it has picked up worldwide rights to the inspirational documentary Femme , which is directed by Emmanuel Itier ( The Invocation , The Midnight Hour ), and is executive produced and narrated by Sharon Stone ( Casino , Basic Instinct ). Femme features interviews with many internationally-recognized speakers including Sharon Stone, Marianne Williamson, Gloria Steinem, Nobel Peace laureates Shirin Ebadi and Maired Maguire, Maria Bello, Angela Davis, Maria Conchita Alonso, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Mary Buffett, Rickie Lee Jones, Jean Houston and Dr. Sue Morter. The soundtrack of the film includes music and songs from well-known artists such as Annie Lennox, Yoko Ono and Rickie Lee Jones. Femme , which has played at numerous international film...
- 5/13/2013
- Comingsoon.net
New York — Nine Nobel Peace Prize winners are speaking out against a new NBC competition series they say treats military maneuvers like athletic events.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the other Nobel laureates protested in an open letter that the show, "Stars Earn Stripes," glorifies war and armed violence.
The series, which premiered on Monday night, pairs celebrities with inactive U.S. military personnel for simulated military challenges. Celebrity participants include boxing champion Laila Ali, Superman actor Dean Cain, Olympic gold medalist Picabo Street and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, Todd Palin.
The program is hosted by retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark.
"I'm doing this series for one reason," says Clark at the top of the show – "to introduce you, the American people, to the individuals that sacrifice so much for all of us."
The series is billed on its website as a "fast-paced competition" whose contestants "will gather...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the other Nobel laureates protested in an open letter that the show, "Stars Earn Stripes," glorifies war and armed violence.
The series, which premiered on Monday night, pairs celebrities with inactive U.S. military personnel for simulated military challenges. Celebrity participants include boxing champion Laila Ali, Superman actor Dean Cain, Olympic gold medalist Picabo Street and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, Todd Palin.
The program is hosted by retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark.
"I'm doing this series for one reason," says Clark at the top of the show – "to introduce you, the American people, to the individuals that sacrifice so much for all of us."
The series is billed on its website as a "fast-paced competition" whose contestants "will gather...
- 8/14/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
NBC debuts a new reality show Monday night (Aug. 13) called "Stars Earn Stripes," which pairs celebrities with U.S. military personnel and puts them through simulated military training. But nine Nobel Peace Laureates want the show pulled by NBC because "war isn't entertainment," reports the Washington Post.
In a letter to NBC entertainment chariman Bob Greenblatt, producer Mark Burnett and General Wesley Clark, the host of the series, the Laureates, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, write, "This program pays homage to no one anywhere and continues and expands on an inglorious tradition of glorifying war and armed violence."
They continue that the show is a "massive disservice to those who live and die in armed conflict and suffer its consequences long after the guns of war fall silent."
"NBC is working with the military to attempt to turn deadly military training into a sanitized 'reality' TV show that reveals absolutely nothing...
In a letter to NBC entertainment chariman Bob Greenblatt, producer Mark Burnett and General Wesley Clark, the host of the series, the Laureates, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, write, "This program pays homage to no one anywhere and continues and expands on an inglorious tradition of glorifying war and armed violence."
They continue that the show is a "massive disservice to those who live and die in armed conflict and suffer its consequences long after the guns of war fall silent."
"NBC is working with the military to attempt to turn deadly military training into a sanitized 'reality' TV show that reveals absolutely nothing...
- 8/14/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The overall impact of viewing the Iranian film Goodbye reminds you of another unrelated film from USA. Way back in 1964, Hollywood produced a film called The Pawnbroker. It was directed by the late Sidney Lumet. Anyone who has seen that film will not forget actor Rod Steiger’s scream at the end of the film—a scream so anguished that no sound emanated from his vocal chords. A silent scream is an oxymoron but that single enigmatic scene propelled the career of Steiger and the performance won him a Silver Bear for Acting at the Berlin Film Festival. And Steiger later claimed that he borrowed the idea after seeing the anguish of the male subject’s skyward cry at the right extreme of the famous and massive Pablo Picasso painting ‘Guernica’.
Goodbye is also about anguish—the silent suffering of the ordinary Iranian, intolerance of individual and artistic freedom of...
Goodbye is also about anguish—the silent suffering of the ordinary Iranian, intolerance of individual and artistic freedom of...
- 3/26/2012
- by Jugu Abraham
- DearCinema.com
HollywoodNews.com: Chicago will welcome 20 Nobel Peace Laureates from 17 countries around the globe this April 23 – 25, 2012, for the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. The Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, together with the 2012 Chicago Host Committee, have announced that eleven Nobel Peace Prize-winning individuals and nine Laureate organizations are currently confirmed to attend and participate in the three-day event—the first time the international peacemaking summit will be held in North America.
Read More About Sean Penn’S Work In Haiti
In addition to convening Nobel Laureates, the World Summit annually recognizes a high-profile personality making an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace. Sean Penn, actor, founder and CEO of J/P Haitian Relief Organization, will be presented with the 2012 Peace Summit Award during the summit for his work to rebuild and aid the victims of the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, as well...
Read More About Sean Penn’S Work In Haiti
In addition to convening Nobel Laureates, the World Summit annually recognizes a high-profile personality making an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace. Sean Penn, actor, founder and CEO of J/P Haitian Relief Organization, will be presented with the 2012 Peace Summit Award during the summit for his work to rebuild and aid the victims of the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, as well...
- 3/19/2012
- by Vitale Morum
- Hollywoodnews.com
Rockets, satellites, nanotechnology, and aerospace advancements will also be on display this weekend in Syria. A Nobel Laureate's take: "Iran is like the fire underneath the ashes."
Iran is showcasing its technological might starting this weekend during a 5-day tech expo in Syria, the first time the event has been held outside of Iran. The move has some calling it the country's attempt to display to the West its tech prowess, as it continues to advance nuclear power development.
The expo is not unexpected--they've held previous shows before, but this is the first time it's being held outside Iran and it comes at a time when the country has been ramping up its technological know-how. A supercomputer is just one of Iran's latest developments--this week, Iran's Research Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology also announced two new gamma radiation sites.
"Eighty five to ninety percent of nuclear energy includes peaceful...
Iran is showcasing its technological might starting this weekend during a 5-day tech expo in Syria, the first time the event has been held outside of Iran. The move has some calling it the country's attempt to display to the West its tech prowess, as it continues to advance nuclear power development.
The expo is not unexpected--they've held previous shows before, but this is the first time it's being held outside Iran and it comes at a time when the country has been ramping up its technological know-how. A supercomputer is just one of Iran's latest developments--this week, Iran's Research Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology also announced two new gamma radiation sites.
"Eighty five to ninety percent of nuclear energy includes peaceful...
- 2/3/2011
- by Jenara Nerenberg
- Fast Company
Banning the celebrated director from making films is the latest step in the regime's attempt to murder the nation's creative soul
A spectre is haunting the Islamic Republic of Iran – the spectre of freedom. All the powers of the old guard have entered a holy alliance to exorcise it: the ayatollahs and their warlords, Ahmadinejad and Khamenei, hanging judges and paramilitary vigilantes.
To try to exorcise that spectre, the custodians of the sacred terror will go to any lengths. But have they gone just a bit too far this time?
What exactly does it mean to condemn a globally celebrated film-maker who has done nothing but bring credit to his profession and glory to his homeland, to six years in prison, and on top of that to ban him from making a film for 20 years, from writing any script, from attending any film festival outside his country, or giving any...
A spectre is haunting the Islamic Republic of Iran – the spectre of freedom. All the powers of the old guard have entered a holy alliance to exorcise it: the ayatollahs and their warlords, Ahmadinejad and Khamenei, hanging judges and paramilitary vigilantes.
To try to exorcise that spectre, the custodians of the sacred terror will go to any lengths. But have they gone just a bit too far this time?
What exactly does it mean to condemn a globally celebrated film-maker who has done nothing but bring credit to his profession and glory to his homeland, to six years in prison, and on top of that to ban him from making a film for 20 years, from writing any script, from attending any film festival outside his country, or giving any...
- 12/24/2010
- by Hamid Dabashi
- The Guardian - Film News
The 11th Edition of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates was held in Hiroshima on November 12th-14th, 2010.
The international conference was historic and groundbreaking in that it marked the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombings of two Japanese cities. In light of recent meetings between the United States and the Russian Federation to reduce each nation’s nuclear weapons arsenals and of the results of the recent U.N. Conference of New York, the Summit confronted the issue of nuclear disarmament and propose concrete measures to address this most pressing issue.
Chaired by Mikhail Gorbachev and Walter Veltroni, former Mayor of Rome, the event attracted Nobel Peace Laureates such as His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Fredrik Willem De Klerk, Lech Walesa, José Ramos- Horta, Oscar Arias Sanchez, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Mohamed ElBaradei, Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams. Senior representatives of such international organizations as the United Nations...
The international conference was historic and groundbreaking in that it marked the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombings of two Japanese cities. In light of recent meetings between the United States and the Russian Federation to reduce each nation’s nuclear weapons arsenals and of the results of the recent U.N. Conference of New York, the Summit confronted the issue of nuclear disarmament and propose concrete measures to address this most pressing issue.
Chaired by Mikhail Gorbachev and Walter Veltroni, former Mayor of Rome, the event attracted Nobel Peace Laureates such as His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Fredrik Willem De Klerk, Lech Walesa, José Ramos- Horta, Oscar Arias Sanchez, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Mohamed ElBaradei, Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams. Senior representatives of such international organizations as the United Nations...
- 11/17/2010
- Look to the Stars
Iran's Green Movement might want to consider switching to BlackBerry for its call-to-action tweets.
Isa Saharkhiz, an Iranian activist, filed suit before a U.S. court Monday against Nokia Siemens, alleging the telco supplied the Iranian government with the technology to monitor dissidents. Saharkhiz accuses Nokia of aiding human rights violations, and says the cell phone surveillance led to her arrest following the disputed 2009 presidential election.
The suit demands that Nokia Siemens ceases "all unlawful support of intercepting centers of the Iranian government," and seeks "relief that would prevent defendants from harming others in the future in other similarly situated countries like Iran."
Saharkhiz's claims echo Nobel Peace prizewinner Shirin Ebadi, who had accused the mobile company of sending "the Iranian state software and technology that it can use to monitor telephone calls and text messages."
Nokia Siemens has denied its system in Iran is capable of monitoring mobile communications.
Isa Saharkhiz, an Iranian activist, filed suit before a U.S. court Monday against Nokia Siemens, alleging the telco supplied the Iranian government with the technology to monitor dissidents. Saharkhiz accuses Nokia of aiding human rights violations, and says the cell phone surveillance led to her arrest following the disputed 2009 presidential election.
The suit demands that Nokia Siemens ceases "all unlawful support of intercepting centers of the Iranian government," and seeks "relief that would prevent defendants from harming others in the future in other similarly situated countries like Iran."
Saharkhiz's claims echo Nobel Peace prizewinner Shirin Ebadi, who had accused the mobile company of sending "the Iranian state software and technology that it can use to monitor telephone calls and text messages."
Nokia Siemens has denied its system in Iran is capable of monitoring mobile communications.
- 8/17/2010
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
They're known for their love of pranks and practical jokes, but good friends Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Damon have come together for something far more serious. The Ocean's 11 stars – all past or present winners of People's Sexiest Man Alive title – helped launch an advertising campaign aimed at getting more aid into Myanmar, whose ruling regime has made access to the country difficult for aid agencies and relief workers in the wake of last month's cyclone Nargis. The ad campaign is sponsored by the activist group Not On Our Watch, headed up by Pitt, Clooney, Damon and other Hollywood heavy-hitters.
- 6/25/2008
- by Sara Hammel
- PEOPLE.com
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