Raka Zehtabchi is an
Iranian-American
Iranian Americans are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry or who hold Iranian citizenship.
Iranian Americans are among the most highly educated people in the United States. They have historically excelled in busine ...
filmmaker best known for her 2018
Academy Award
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
-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
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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 2022 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 20 to 30, 2022. Due to COVID-19 pandemic protocol it was to have been a hybrid festival, but on January 5, 2022 it was announced that the in-person components would be scrapped in favor o ...
. The film won the award for Best Documentary Short at SXSW 2022.
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Directors of Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners
Living people
American feminists
American film directors
American people of Iranian descent
American women film directors
Feminist artists
Iranian film directors
USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women