Censored Women’s Film Festival gives a voice to the voiceless

Persepolis

• Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution.

The Price of Honor

• A documentary film about the murders of Amina and Sarah Said, teenage sisters from Lewisville, Texas, who were killed in a premeditated 'honor killing' in 2008. The film chronicles the lives of the sisters and the path to their eventual murders by their own father, Yaser Said, who fled the crime scene and remains at large.

India's Daughter

• The story of the short life, and brutal gang rape and murder in Delhi in December 2012 of an exceptional and inspiring young woman. The rape of the 23 year old medical student by 6 men on a moving bus, and her death, sparked unprecedented protests and riots throughout India and led to the first glimmers of a change of mindset. Interwoven into the story line are the lives, values and mindsets of the rapists whom the film makers have had exclusive and unprecedented access to interview before they hang. The film examines the society and values which spawn such violent acts, and makes an optimistic and impassioned plea for change.

Honor Diaries

• A film about women’s rights, features nine courageous women’s rights advocates with connections to Muslim-majority societies. These women, who have witnessed firsthand the hardships women endure, are profiled in their efforts to affect change, both in their communities and beyond.

The Cruel Cut

• Female Genital Mutilation

Women's Voices Now

• A series of short films.

In male-dominated cultures, like Saudi Arabia, women and girls are treated like property, forced into marriage, and suffer female genital mutilation.

Now, for the first time on film, an international group of women’s rights champions break the silence on honor violence, in the groundbreaking new documentary film. Honor Diaries, features an all-star cast of female human rights activists.

Honor Diaries is much more than a movie, it is a movement to save women and girls around the world. That includes women here in America who are suffering from human rights abuses.

Honor Diaries will be launching a national helpline for women and girls at www.HonorDiaries.com.