Mina - Der Preis der Freiheit

Deutschland 2022/2023 Dokumentarfilm

Summary

The documentary "Mina – Der Preis der Freiheit" by Hesam Yousefi portrays Mina Ahadi, an Iranian human rights activist, who lives in Cologne today. For decades Mina has been fighting against executions and stoning in Iran – thus becoming a target of the regime herself.

A tragic high point of her life was the Iranian revolution in 1979 and the associated launch of the enforced Hijab. Shortly after the takeover by the Iranian revolution, Mina’s husband, Ismail Yeganehdust, was executed. Mina decided to dedicate her life to the fight against capital punishment. She managed to save many people’s lives – and yet still too few in her eyes. In many cases her campaigns and the close contact to persons sentenced to death established an emotional bond; they called her "mother". And "mother Mina" had to mourn many of her children.

In "Mina – Der Preis der Freiheit" Mina Ahadi gives insight into her eventful biography between happy family life and personal security. She tells about success and failure in her fight against capital punishment and for the rights of women, homosexuals, and ex-muslims. Her founding of the "Zentralrat der Ex-Muslime" has garnered many death threats. Although forced to live in permanent fear, Mina urgently conveys the message that people’s love for their fellow humans is stronger than any cruelty between them.

Source: 16. LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International

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