Mahnaz Mohammadi
Mahnaz Mohammadi (b. 1975) is an Iranian director and activist. She is especially known for her documentaries, which portrays social inequality in Iran. When Travelogue – a documentary in which several Iranians tell her why they left their homeland – was screened during an event in Paris in 2010, Iranian authorities decided to ban Mohammadi from leaving the country. Son-Mother is her first feature film.