Pegah ahangarani biography of albert

Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, generations of women filmmakers in Iran have explored their country through their works — at times with a bold and critical look that has forced them into exile.

They follow in the tradition of the poet and film director Forugh Farrokhzad, who in her 1962 documentary short film "The House is Black" showed how social criticism can be both poetic and effective as it looked at the treatment of people suffering from leprosy.

Pegah Ahangarani was essentially born in the Iranian film industry.

The 38-year-old's mother is director and producer Manijeh Hekmat, and her father is also a producer. Although Ahangarani is best known as an award-winning actor, for the last 15 years she's been dedicated to making documentary films.

Working through trauma

Ahangarani has been living in exile since 2021 and doesn't know when she'll be able to return to Iran.

Her last short documentary film, "I