Rayka Zehtabchi
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Rayka Zehtabchi is an Iranian-American filmmaker best known for her 2019 Academy Award-winning documentary short Period. , which addresses the topic of period poverty. Her previous film, Madaran, was an Iranian-language short about an Iranian mother who must decide whether to spare the life of her son's killer.
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Filmography 13
Period. End of Sentence.
The Singers
The Old Young Crow
Long Line of Ladies
Just Hold On
(SHn(y)o͞of)
We Home
You Know Where to Find Me
Madaran
Ours to Tell
Are You Still There?
A Woman's Place
They Came From All Over21 credits on file
Television 1
The ViewAwards 1
Connected to Rayka 6
About this person
Rayka Zehtabchi is an Iranian-American filmmaker best known for her 2019 Academy Award-winning documentary short Period. End of Sentence., which addresses the topic of period poverty. Her previous film, Madaran, was an Iranian-language short about an Iranian mother who must decide whether to spare the life of her son's killer. Zehtabchi is the first Iranian-American woman to win an Academy Award. After the success of Period. End of Sentence, Zehtabchi collaborated with Planned Parenthood and We Testify to make a short film addressing abortion stigma, which was released in 2020. Her newest short film, Long Line of Ladies, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The film won the award for Best Documentary Short at SXSW 2022.
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