Not Without My Daughter (1/12) Movie CLIP - Violating Sharia Dress Code (1991) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Betty (Sally Field) is yelled at and almost arrested for showing a small amount of hair outside her hair wrap.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
In this docudrama based on true events, a mid-'80s Michigan housewife finds her life turned upside down when a vacation to Tehran with her Iranian husband turns into virtual imprisonment for her and her young daughter. Betty Mahmoody (Sally Field) is reluctant to visit the wartorn homeland of her doctor husband, Moody (Alfred Molina). But, depressed about the racism of the American medical establishment and pining for contact with his family, Moody convinces her to join him for a two-week jaunt. The Islamic fundamentalism and strange customs of Iran bewilder and frighten Betty and her daughter, Mahtob (Sheila Rosenthal). But nothing prepares her for Moody's announcement that the family will be remaining in Tehran indefinitely. Despite beatings and more pervasive psychological control from her husband and his relatives, Betty makes it to the Swiss embassy (there is no American ambassador at the time). There, she learns that as the wife of an Iranian, she is now automatically considered a citizen and that she has absolutely no parental rights over Mahtob in this country. Betty then endures several years as a virtual prisoner, escaping only with the help of Westernized Iranian friends. Based on the book by the real-life Mahmoody and William Hoffer, Not Without My Daughter was coincidentally released during the long build-up to 1991's Gulf War.

CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1991)
Cast: Jonathan Cherchi, Alfred Molina, Soudabeh Farrokhnia, Sally Field, Sheila Rosenthal
Director: Brian Gilbert
Producers: Harry J. Ufland, Mary Jane Ufland, Anthony Waye
Screenwriters: Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer, David W. Rintels

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[sultaa]

It's just insane how Moody seemed like the most loving and kindest Husband and Father in the first bit and then he just turned into such a cold and violant Man...

[litlife]

I remember a female coworker of mine dated a Muslim man for several years. She said that he was very nice, smart, and handsome. He had a great job as a professor at a major university. She said that he told her he was a Muslim but not a practicing one. He said he didn’t believe in having women wear the hijab and never went to a mosque to pray or anything. Well five years pass and their relationship was getting serious, and my coworker said they were about to get engaged, move in together, the whole nine yards. Well she said that one day he asked her to start wearing a hijab. She said no because she was raised Christian and didn’t believe in it. She said she got into an argument about it but he reluctantly said he respected her wishes. Then a couple months later when they were discussing their relationship he said that he wanted her to convert to Islam and he wanted her to wear the hijab, go to Mosque, pray to Mecca, everything because he wanted their future children to be raised Muslim. She broke up with him shortly after.

[TrueCrimeJade]

THIS IS STILL HAPPENING TODAY AND A 22 YR OLD WAS KILLED FOR NOT WEARING HER HIJAB! It’s sick!

[tye]

that scary woman with the machine gun reminds me of my mum

[Mary]

One of my grad students was from Saudi Arabia where they're nuts about the dress code for women too. One day his wife went out on their front patio without her headgear on and the local gestapo happened to be driving by. She got arrested right then and there. Took him over 3 months to get her out of jail (he was terrified she would be killed in there). His family said "you need to go" so they came to Canada. He said to me proudly: "My wife has not worn hijab since we come to Canada!" They hate Islamic culture and have grown to love Canada and the freedom it's offered them.

People like that I don't mind them coming here.

[athenah]

Crazy how this movie was based off a true story and how it is still happening to this day but people refuse to believe anything that’s told to them.

[KB-sifx]

Imagine the outrage if this movie were released today.

[AnitaD]

There’s real problems in the world and this country’s customs focus on whether a woman’s hair shows in public. Talk about needing to get ones priorities straight.

[Account-user]

Came here after hearing about the current protest in Iran.. I am so glad that Iranian men and women are finally standing up to this nonsense.. I am not Muslim but as a woman, I feel it's against humanity to punish a fellow woman for the way she dresses..

[conniebarnes]

My neighbor's sister dealt with this exact thing. When I moved, she still hadn't got her children back. It's a scary ordeal.

[ivanahmady]

I was living in Tehran around the same time as this movie was set and my mom went through a similar incident with the morality police. She still to this day freaks out at the sound of motor cycles

[crector]

And just recently, a girl in Iran was murdered because of this same situation

[kaiem]

Nothing much has changed huh. Showing your hair in Iran is still considered a crime in 2019. Religion of peace indeed.

[brennaryan]

Watching this movie, and watching what the real Betty Mahmoody went thru....brave woman, that's for sure!

[sherpriya]

Every Christian/ Hindu/ or Jewish girl, who rebels with her parents to marry a Muslim must see this true story. 

[eadecamp]

Hard to believe a woman would come at her with a gun just because of her hair. Sandra Mackey talked about an experience she had with the Saudi religious police. They carried canes and wouldn't hesitate to use them.

[bellenicks]

Imagine having an assault rifle aim at you in front of your child because of your Ri damn

[vintuitive]

I bought this movie on vhs back in the 90’s and I wore the tape out! Such an incredible eye opening movie! Sally field is one of the greats!! And Alfred Molina was incredible!

[lemonadelemon]

The people who helped her escape, god bless them. This scene right here didn’t really make me feel anything, but now seeing this was her daughter’s future, I am gutted.

[melissageiger]

The moment she realizes what a HUGE MISTAKE she made going over there...