The City of West Hollywood’s HUMAN RIGHTS SPEAKERS SERIES, in conjunction with Empower Women Media and Women’s Voices Now, presents a film festival:

HRSS: WOMEN LIFE FREEDOM

Tuesday, November 28, 2023
6:00pm – 9:00pm

Free Admission. RSVP Required: http://go.weho.org/hrss

Join us at the WOMEN LIFE FREEDOM film festival highlighting short films by Iranians and Farsi speakers to support pluralism and democracy, through the lens of women filmmakers.

SPECIAL GUEST PANELISTS:

Empower Women Media
Shirin Taber, Executive Director, Empower Women Media
Lisa Daftari, Editor in Chief, The Foreign Desk
Loureen Ayyoub, Multimedia Journalist, Spectrum News
Soraya Deen, Founder, Muslim Women Speakers
Erica Saghar Kasraie, Persian Coordinator, Empower Women Media

Women’s Voices Now
Cklara Moradian, Writer and Academic (Moderator)
Maryam Farahzadi, Filmmaker and Visual Artist
Nazila Ahmadi, Filmmaker and Actor
Daphna Ziman, Author, Filmmaker, Philanthropist, Cinémoi (Keynote Speaker)

FILMS:

Empower Women Media
My Faith My, Choice by Loureen Ayyoub (Poetry Reading/Film)
Unity by Azadeh Nikzadeh
Women of Iran by Lisa Daftari
Samira’s Camera by Paula Kweskin
Girl Sitting Here by Azadeh Nikzadeh
How to Support the Freedom Movement in Iran by Erica Saghar Kasraie

Women’s Voices Now
Irani Bag by Maryam Tafakory
Feminin Masculin by Sadaf Foroughi
Closed by Nazila Ahmadi
Women Life Freedom Animations Series by Maryam Farahzadi

West Hollywood City Council Chambers
625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069

SCHEDULE:
5:30PM - Doors Open
6:00PM - Welcome / Opening Remarks
6:30PM - EWM Film Screenings
6:50PM - Panel Discussion
7:10PM - WVN Film Screenings
7:35PM - Panel Discussions
8:00PM - Call to Action
8:15PM - Networking

Validated parking will be available at the adjacent 5-story West Hollywood Park structure, limited to availability. Rideshare suggested.

For more information, please contact Joy Tribble at jtribble@weho.org.