In Iran, female singing voices are deemed to be too provocative, and women are prohibited from perfoming as solo artists by religious law. Demoted to backing singers, many women try to remain active despite the restrictions placed upon them, and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb's documentary sympathetically captures their struggles to be heard.
In Iran, female singing voices are deemed to be too provocative, and women are prohibited from perfoming as solo artists by religious law. Demoted to backing singers, many women try to remain active despite the restrictions placed upon them, and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb's documentary sympathetically captures their struggles to be heard.
