When Tehran hosts visiting foreign dignitaries, the local authorities clean up the city’s urban image through the controversial process of ‘urban beautification’. Those who are deemed unsavoury are rounded up – drug users, prostitutes and the homeless who sleep in cardboard boxes on sidewalks and who they would rather remain unseen. When these very important people leave, the men are released but the women are kept as wards of the state. An animated documentary made using hand-crafted cardboard miniatures and the voices of women to tell their story, one that has been five years in the making. A story that shows how the face of a city can change, but what is underneath often does not.
The Unseen explores themes of middle east, patriarchy, violence against women. A blend of Animation and Documentary, it is available to stream for free in HD on Ernax — no account required.
Genre: Animation, Documentary
Runtime: 65 min
Director: Behzad Nalbandi
Writers: Behzad Nalbandi
Country: Iran
Language: Persian
Themes: middle east, patriarchy, violence against women, stop motion, 3d animation
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