This very ordinary routine for people in the ordinary world becomes a major problem. Where should I go? What should I do? Where should I place my bags? At times, you feel like you are an alien that has been thrown here from a faraway world, without having anything in common?” she said. Saeedi, poet, actress, member of the Writers Club, storywriter and one of the first female filmmakers in Iran, was born on December 9, 1946 in Tehran. In 1977 she made her first film named “Maryam and Mani” in which Pouri Banaie played a role in. Following the 1979 revolution and Khomeini’s coming to power, she lost all her assets, books and films. She took part in the women’s demonstration on March 8, 1979 and took video footages of that rally. It is said that she was arrested in that demonstration. Afterwards she experienced a harsh life until now.
