WOMEN WITHOUT MEN
Shirin Neshat, Director of Women Without Men
Interview by Jim Dingeman and Drake Stutesman
Women Without Men is Shirin Neshat’s independent film adaptation of Shahrnush Parsipur’s magic realist novel. The story chronicles the intertwining lives of four Iranian women during the summer of 1953; a cataclysmic moment in Iranian history when an American led, British backed coup d’état brought down the democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, and reinstalled the Shah to power.
More about Shahrnush Parsipur:
Trailer:
Interview with Shirin Neshat at the Greek National Museum of Art, Part One:
Part Two:
Hamid Dabashi interviews Shirin Neshat as part of “The Week in Green with Hamid Dabashi”:
Shirin Neshat on Iran’s Green Revolution:
The red—and green—carpet at the Venice Film Festival Premiere of Women Without Men:
Turbulent: a 1998 dual-screen installation by Shirin Neshat