Only Voice Remains
All Films • 35m
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Directed by Makez Rikweda and Sol Rikweda • 2019 • UK
Only Voice Remains tells the story of Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad whose confessional works and daring personal life broke barriers of sex and society - and in the process, redefined what it takes to be a great artist. It fuses together documentary interviews, stylistic poetic sequences and dramatised scenes to explore Forough's life and legacy, all while exploring what it really takes to be a great female artist.
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