Ours To Tell
Director: Rayka Zehtabchi
Short: Narrative
Human Interest |
USA |
18 min
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“Ours To Tell” relates the story of four individuals, who share their experiences, in relating how they are the owners of the lives they choose to live. Each with different perspectives and experiences, the film’s subjects — Brittany, Hannah, Nick and Ylonda take us into their worlds, their families, and their souls, as they illustrate the beauty and power of bodily autonomy.
As we watch, we bear witness to a chilling reality: the fundamental freedom to own our body and our future, has never been more uncertain than it is today.
Director’s bio:
Rayka Zehtabchi: is a 25-year-old Oscar winning Iranian-American director based in Los Angeles. Her directorial debut, Madaran, is an Iranian language short that won Jury awards at top film festivals and qualified for the 89th Academy Awards in 2016. Rayka’s Oscar winning short documentary; ‘Period. End of Sentence’. can be seen on Netflix worldwide, and is about a group of village women in Northern India, who start a sanitary pad-making business in an effort to improve feminine hygiene and de-stigmatize menstruation.
Along with the film’s release, Rayka helped co-found the non-profit “The Pad Project” -to fight the stigma of menstruation and improve feminine hygiene.