Staff picks
Her Right
Saodat Ismailova
2020
14 Minutes
Staff Picks
Date
November 1–30, 2021
Her Right, whose title is inspired by the silent film Uzbekkino (1931, dir. G. Cherniak), is a film recalling the political campaign Hujum (attack) undertaken by the Communist Party to emancipate and unveil women in Uzbekistan.
The opening text of the film, written in old Uzbek (Arabic alphabet), translates as follows:
“The Hujum movement was a Soviet political campaign started in 1924. It aimed to liberate local women.
The campaign had dramatic consequences for Uzbek women, who were caught between traditional society and foreign state ideas.
The film is dedicated to the memory of the women who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of Uzbek women today.”
Her Right is one of three shorts by Saodat Ismailova, alongside The Haunted and Her Five Lives, presented on e-flux Video & Film as the November 2021 edition of Staff picks. Watch the other films here.
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