Iranian women and sexuality in the spotlight for the return of the Sundance festival

Located in the mountains of Utah in the western United States, Sundance (January 19-29) is thus making its big comeback “in person”, after two years of interviews and conferences by interposed screens.

Sexuality and Iranian women will be the themes of the film festival which begins next month, organizers revealed on Wednesday.

Renowned for having highlighted a large number of independent productions, the American festival will welcome Hollywood stars such as Anne Hathaway, Emilia Clarke, Jason Momoa or even Emilia Jones, the actress of CODA, remake of the Franco-Belgian

La

and 2022 Best Picture Oscar winner.

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On the documentary side,

questions the sexualization of women through the story of actress Brooke Shields, who became famous at the age of 12 for her portrayal of a child prostitute in the drama

. (1978).

The documentaries

and

recount the harassment suffered by Judy Blume and Shere Hite for discussing women's sexuality in their respective works.

Attacks that drove Shere Hite, whose bestselling book

(1976) on the female orgasm was a sexual revolution, to leave the United States in the 1990s. These documentaries will allow viewers "

,” commented John Nein, head of programming at Sundance.

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Little Richard: I Am Everything

will tackle the black and homosexual roots of rock 'n' roll through the intermediary of Little Richard, legendary rocker of the 1950s. These films each offer "

” through “

”, explained John Nein.

The programming is also part of the news with films made by and about Iranian women.

Finally, the documentary

and the feature films

and

will explore the history of women in Iran and its diasporas, at a time when the country is the scene of demonstrations denouncing the violence of the authorities against them.