Day I Became A Woman

One is not born, but rather becomes a woman. Simone De Beauvoirs exquisite pronouncement on the social construction of gender in her Second Sex (1949) spoke to generations of women, and of a universal truth beyond countries and cultures. As an example of astonishing visual poignancy, The Day I became a Woman is the globally celebrated debut of Marziyeh Meshkini, a young Iranian filmmaker bringing her rich and diversified national cinema to bear on an enduring global concern, in a new crescendo of memorable subtlety and grace. The Day is repeated in three consecutive episodes-the memorial registers of childhood, adolescence, and old age-when three stages of becoming a woman is culturally manufactured and socially registered. Between Simone De Beauvoir and Marziyeh Meshkini, generations of women (and men), from all cultures around the world, will have much to learn and even more to achieve.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 1 februari, 2015