| Summary: | Film is a donation of the Margaret Mead Festival, supported by OSI-Budapest.
Duration: 00:53:00
Zinat is the first woman from the Island of Qeshm in the south of Iran to remove the traditional veil worn in this region in order to work as a nurse. She became the Director of the village health clinic 13 years ago, and then became involved in social and political activities. On the 26th of February, 1999, she presents herself as a candidate in the local elections organized in Iran under the direction of President Khatami. Since it was forbidden to film in public the day of the elections. Mokhtari installs his camera in Zinat's house and records the positive and negative reactions expressed by Zinat's visitors, in particular on the subject of the woman's place in Iranian society. She wins the most votes in her village. The following day, the elections over, Mokhtari shows the village and the daily life of its habitants and presents Zinat's intentions, as a newly elected representative, to improve the living conditions of her fellow villagers.
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