Docunight Presents: Iranian Women's Stories
Four documentaries, now streaming on the Criterion Channel, embody the adopted slogan of the current protest movement: Woman, Life, Freedom

Master Qaddoura (Hassan Abdeen) is a big drug dealer in Alexandria, and officer Kamel (Mahmoud Abdel Aziz) is trying to catch him. He recruits brothers Morsi and Hassanein (Hussein Fahmy and Said Saleh) who work in the port ,along with Fatima (Magda El-Khatib) who wants to revenge Qaddoura for his involvement in her brother's murder.
Four documentaries, now streaming on the Criterion Channel, embody the adopted slogan of the current protest movement: Woman, Life, Freedom
People are so much deeper and far more extraordinary than what gender they were assigned at birth.
Sunny Sandler, daughter of Adam Sandler, stars in a new Netflix film directed by Julia Hart, and it has caught the attention of many younger audiences as they watch this heartfelt coming-of-age story. The film's relatability of just being a normal teenage girl also tells a devastating reality that many cannot fathom facing. The storyline showcases a deeper meaning of the classic theatre kid saying, “the show must go on”, and emotionally captures the struggles that happen on and off the stage.
Joker is a compelling, character-driven, psychological tale that has a message behind the madness.
The plot could’ve really been interesting if the elements of lycanthropy was integrated with perhaps the struggle of identity of being LGBTQ+. It's an experience for so many that as they’re starting to realizing their true selves, they feel like a monster, especially if they come from unsupportive homes or communities. Instead, the horror and transformation elements seem thrown in without contemplation of how this could deepen the narrative.
The classic ghosts-in-revenge story expanded into an extensive dig into the historical social system while being funny and horny.