Aesthetics of the presence of women in Afghan cinema

Abbas Mohammadi

doi:10.37390/avancacinema.2020.a133

Abstract

Cinema consists of two different dimensions of art and instrument. A tool that mixes with art and represents society in which anything can be depicted for others. But art has always sought to portray the beauties of this universe. The beauty that lies within philosophy. Since the advent of human beings, men have always sought to dominate and abuse women for their own benefit. In the 19th century, cinema entered the realm of existence and found its place in the human world. With the empowerment of cinema in the world, filmmakers tried to achieve their goals by using this tool.Many filmmakers use women as a propaganda tool to attract a male audience. In many films, when the hero of a movie succeeds in reaching a woman, or in doing so, she is succeeded by a woman. In this way, of course, women themselves are not faultless and have helped men abuse women. Afghanistan, a traditional and male-dominated country, has not been the exception, and in many Afghan films women have been instrumental zed and used in various ways to benefit men, and we have seen fewer films in which women be a movie hero or a woman in a movie like a man. This kind of treatment of women in Afghan films has caused other young Afghan girls to not have a positive view of Afghan cinema.

Highlights

Cinema consists of two different dimensions of art and instrument
After the Taliban regime, Afghan cinematographers tried to regain the shortcomings of the Taliban era after their rule
The same freedom that was given to filmmakers after the Taliban regime itself caused many problems for filmmakers, especially female actors in Afghan cinema

Summary

Dividing the presence of women in Afghan cinema

If we want to examine the presence of women in Afghan cinema in the first step, we need to examine the boundaries between the presences of women in cinema the presence of women in Afghan cinema in three separate sections: 1- Technique and production. 2- Directing and 3- Acting are divided. Rahimi uses women as a symbol of mother and fatherland in the film Stone of Patience it shows in appearance that the woman with her aunt, who is a prostitute, brings an illegitimate child to her Mujahedeen husband Bring without the man understanding and their lives going on, but in this film, too, the woman has become a tool for male use What matters in this film it is a scene where a Mujtahid woman has sex with someone in her aunt’s house to be able to have children for her Mujtahid husband so that she can be saved from the consequences of divorce. Because they are all inspired by the community around them and based on the day-to-day events of their community, they have created storytelling and exposed it to their audiences

Female directors

Result