When Nahid Persson Sarvestani, an Iranian exile, set out to make a documentary about Farah Pahlavi, the widow of the shah of Iran, she expected to encounter her opposite. As a child, Persson Sarvestani had lived in dire poverty, watching Farah's wedding as if it were a fairy-tale. As a teenager, she joined the Communist faction of Ayatollah Khomeini's revolution, which deposed the shah, sending him and his family volleying from country to country. Soon after, Persson Sarvestani also left Iran, seeking asylum in Sweden and settling there. She's continued to address conditions in Iran through her work as a filmmaker, however, producing works such as Prostitution Behind the Veil, which was nominated for an international Emmy.
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